We managed to write chapter one. Chapter two, we will have a child a parent can take home and raise as a cloned child.
Everybody at home speaks mandarin except me.
Oklahoma's my home. I love it there. I miss it.
All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
New York is home to me.
There's definitely space for uniqueness in a home console.
When I go home, its an easy way to be grounded. You learn to realize what truly matters.
It's great to have a home and everything else that comes with it.
A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.
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