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Not for the first time, I wished both of us could just say what we meant. But that, like so much else, was impossible
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Events conspired to bring you back to where you'd been. It was what you did then that made all the difference: it was all about potential.
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Even if you do make tons of new friends,” I told him, “try not to forget where you came from, okay?
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I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.
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But the original was there as well—more jaded and rudimentary, functional rather than romantic. It fit not just the yellow house but another door, deep within my own heart. One that had been locked so tight for so long that I was afraid to even try it for fear of what might be on the other side
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You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.
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Call it crazy, or just chicken salad.
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Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as I can, but you reach a point as the author where you have lost all perspective.
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Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside
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I'm always hopeful. I feel like I'm at the prom sitting against the wall waiting for someone to ask me to dance.
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So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.
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Maybe I'd just figured out there were some things you were better off not knowing
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Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.
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Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?
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I mean, at first, it was kind of disappointing. But people recover from disappointment. Otherwise we'd all be hanging from nooses. Right?
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It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do.
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Too many locks, not enough keys.
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Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic.
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The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote
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She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again.
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There's this other half of him I don't know of, it's like he is trying to keep it a secret... if he would just let me inside so I can help.
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Everyone had a forever.
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And to know me, as you have discovered, is to love me.
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As if it didnt matter what was on, but instead how hard i was listening.
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