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Thomas Allen currently lives on a working ranch in Central Texas. He spent 25 years as a popular Philosophy Professor at Central Texas College in Killeen, Texas and was known by his colleagues as a renaissance man because of his ability to enliven the conversation on an endless number of topics.
Although Jenny Kissed Me! came about quite by accident, writing was not foreign to Allen who had earlier entertained the thought of a novel. Through the years, he had frequently been known to quote impromptu poems—anything from Ogden Nash to Shakespeare—depending on what triggered his brain. One day a casual comment from his wife prompted a reciting of the romantic poem “Jenny Kissed Me”. Her reaction gave him a story line and a reason to write about ...more

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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Thomas Allen Forrest Gump & Jenny Curran
In 1994, everyone was talking about the movie Forrest Gump, and I was curious. However, nothing I heard prepared me for wha…moreForrest Gump & Jenny Curran
In 1994, everyone was talking about the movie Forrest Gump, and I was curious. However, nothing I heard prepared me for what I experienced. Though it was not advertised as such, it was a beautiful love story from childhood to adulthood. Of the many unforgettable scenes in the movie, my favorite was the one where Jenny is ascending the stairs and is halted by Forrest’s words, “Why don’t you love me Jenny? I’m not a smart man but I know what love is.” Though he was burdened by an IQ of 75, and Jenny was hindered by a background of an abusive father leading to promiscuity and drug addiction, both of them could see only beauty and goodness in one another. The depiction of their unconditional love was as inspiring as I’ve ever seen. That’s why I cherish their relationship in the movie.
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Jenny Kissed Me!

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Creativity on the Ranch

Have you ever thought about the innumerable differences there are in nature? Why does the cow say “moo”, the horse say “neigh”, the donkey say “he haw”, and the pig say “oink” …...not to mention the crow of the rooster? How dull the ranch would be if all the animals spoke the same language. And what about the differences in the way they raise their young? Yesterday, one of our cows brought her new Read more of this blog post »

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Thomas Allen said: " Some folks are bothered that most love stories seem a bit contrived and have a suspension of belief. They normally label themselves as realists—“not into that fairy-tale stuff.” But what better way to deal with the real world, 24/7, than to take a br ...more "

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“But matters of the heart are not governed by time. —Thomas Allen, Jenny Kissed Me!”
― Thomas Allen, Jenny Kissed Me!

tags: classic-love

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“But there was the other dream, the unpractical persistent one, first fashioned in her imagination by that new boy at school who spoke the words, “…the heart that has truly loved never forgets, but as truly loves on to the close…” –Thomas Allen, Jenny Kissed Me!”
― Thomas Allen, Jenny Kissed Me!

tags: classic-love

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“…he cupped Jenny’s rain soaked hair in his hands and began kissing each tear…or was it the raindrops. It didn’t matter. They rested on the most beautiful face he had ever seen. —Thomas Allen, Jenny Kissed Me!”
― Thomas Allen, Jenny Kissed Me!

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“The passing of four decades brought outward changes to John and Jenny that masked any recognition of one another. But matters of the heart are not governed by time.”
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“John and Jenny's planes arrived in Rome only hours apart. They had never imagined, when they walked away from each other graduation night 1960, it would be forty years and five thousand miles away before they would meet again.”
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