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8. Fact: It is a bad idea to date a known cheater, because even if he doesn't cheat on you, you will always know he's capable of it and will never fully trust him. Then you will become even more insecure and neurotic than you already are.
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..we'll deal with it, because the good outweighs the bad.
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We shouldn't piss them off, explained Frankie, because who knows what they'll do now that they've united.
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I hate those endless descriptions of a heroine's physical attributes . . . it really bothers me how in books it seems like the only two choices are perfection or self-hatred. As if readers will only like a character who's ideal--or completely shattered.
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You are my girlfriend," whispered Matthew. " You're my girl and I'm your guy, and you're my girl and I'm your guy. Let's not fight." -pg 126
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Never take a seat in the back of the room. Winners sit up front.
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If you don't want to be in an argument with someone, it is probably best to try to solve the problem, rather than lying around hoping the other person will do it for you.
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There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her.
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The universe is seeming really huge right now. I need something to hold on to.
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"I can't forget things, or ignore them-bad things that happen," I said. "I'm a lay-it-all-out person, a dwell-on-it person, an obsess-about-it person. If I hold things in and try to forget or pretend, I become a madman and have panic attacks. I have to talk.
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You can't have an ending. It's impossible. Because unlike in the movies, life goes on. You're never at the end until you die.
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Absorbing the fact that sometimes, people do cut you slack and forgive you and want you anyway. Sometimes they do. And when they do, even if it's not a happy ending, it is delicious
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It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people. She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her to be. That Bunny Rabbit is dead.
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Love is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and it’s the very last piece, but you let him have it.
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Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young.
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Other people apologize and don't mean t "Sorry, but you shouldn't have..." or "Sorry, but I just didn't..." They apologize while telling you that they were right all along, which is the opposite of an actual apology.
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It shattered something inside me that hadn't been broken before.
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What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?
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