The ghosts that exert the most power in people__ lives-at least, the people I know__end to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.
Worry and regret are both useless weights that provide no drag. They never did anything to slow down the planet for one goddamned second.
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Worry and regret are both useless weights that provide no drag. They never did anything to slow down the planet for one goddamned second.
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