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Rahma
Subscriber since: November 2008
Location: CA, United States
About Me
I am writing a children's book--a mixture of fantasy and humor through the unique perspective of cats' eyes.
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Favorite Word:
discombobulate
It's just a really fun word. Fun to say and I tend to use it a lot.
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""Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.""
- C.S. Lewis
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