Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
I__ __xceptional_- a democratic term used to avoid the damning labels of __ifted_ and __eprived_ (which used to mean __right_ and __etarded_) and as soon as __xceptional_ begins to mean anything to anyone they__l change it. The idea seems to be: use an expression as long as it doesn__ mean anything to anybody. __xceptional_ refers to both ends of the spectrum, so all my life I__e been exceptional.
Flowers for Algernon
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I__ __xceptional_- a democratic term used to avoid the damning labels of __ifted_ and __eprived_ (which used to mean __right_ and __etarded_) and as soon as __xceptional_ begins to mean anything to anyone they__l change it. The idea seems to be: use an expression as long as it doesn__ mean anything to anybody. __xceptional_ refers to both ends of the spectrum, so all my life I__e been exceptional.
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