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She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from coffee, reading was her only indulgence.
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How can I describe how much I love you? Is it even possible to describe a love like that? I don’t know, but as I sit here with pen in hand, I know that I have to try.
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It was funny that you know someone for years but still discover something you never noticed before.
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Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal, so reasonable, so attainable. You're always close enough to touch, but never quite close enough to hold and it's enough to break your heart.
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The key to happiness is achievable dreams.
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After all, if there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.
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Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.
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I love you now as I write this, and I love you now as you read this.
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Love burns across the infinitude.
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Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.
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People want pretty much the same things: They wanted to be happy. Most young people seemed to think that those things lay somewhere in the future, while most older people believed they lay in the past.
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When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?
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Everything a baby does strikes a parent as the most magical thing he/she has ever seen.
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I call it God Light, because it reminds me of heaven.
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You were the best friend I ever had, Allie. I'd still like to be friends, even if you are engaged, and even if it is just for a couple of days.
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Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.
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Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
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You are Hannah, a lover of life, a strength to those who shared in your friendships. You are a dream, a creator of happiness, an artist who has touched a thousand souls. You've led a full life and wanted for nothing, because your needs are spiritual and you have only to look inside you. You are kind and loyal, and you are able to see the beauty where others do not. You are a teacher of wonderful lessons, a dreamer of better things.
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Marriage is about becoming a team. You’re going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you’ll always figure out a way to get through it.
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The truth is, the world isn't easy for any of us. It never has been and it never will be.
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But most of all, what really attracted me to her was her manner. She laughed a lot, and it's easy to fall for someone who can find humor in any situation. She was also intelligent, well read, and well spoken, willing to listen and confident in her beliefs. And most of all, she was warm.
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It's a full moon here tonight, which makes me think of you. Because, I know that no matter what I am doing or where I am, this moon will always be the same size as yours, half a world away.
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I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.
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There are things that happen that change the course of people's lives, but it's a function of everybody's lives.