Sheryl Crow
American singer-songwriter
Euphoric and very calming.
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Failure & regret
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Your heart walking around outside your body.
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Sarah Parish
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It feels like home.
A lifelong sleepover.
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Like being three and dancing, giddy with joy.
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We are not here for long – try not to take everything too seriously.
About five years ago, a half-tonne tree branch fell and missed me by three feet.
Bicycle courier: it was literally dicing with death on a minute-to-minute basis for 12 hours a day. It was terrifying and exhausting.
Not a child, which was short-sighted of me.
Letting down the people I love.
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