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Not everything worth keeping has to be useful.
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One thing I’d learned about moving was that once you were there, it was better to just look ahead. Because even if you went back to visit the places and people you left behind, it was never the same - except in photos.
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All she had to do was tell the truth. This would be easy. I should've known, though. Real truth is never easy -Lily
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Low tide smells mud-black and tangy, but high tide smells clean and salty.
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It hurts how life goes on, unknowing.
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Stay because you want to be here. Stay because we would miss you. And stay because you can belong in more than one place, and one of your places is with us.
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It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated.
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I think art can take ordinary things and show them to you like it's the first time you've ever seen them. And you realize that even ordinary things aren't really ordinary at all -Salma
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If you want to get away from someone, check your watch and say, “Sorry, gotta go!
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People say it's better to know the truth, but what if the ending's a bad one? Is it still better to know? Or is it kinder to keep that string of hope dangling? To believe that maybe if you just wait long enough, everything could still end the way you want.
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When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.
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Why can't the world be simpler, like it is for guinea pigs? They only have a few rules: Crying will get you attention. If it fits in your mouth, it's food. Scream if you don't get your share.
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Yeah, but 'beyond reach' means you want to reach something. It's more than far away; there's an absence. Missing something you can't have.
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Just this once, let it be easy.
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It's scary to try something different when you don't know how it'll work out, but that's when the best things can happen. The things that surprise you and change you. Those things can make *you* different - Salma
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If you can get people to care about the little things, they'll care about the big things, too.
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Mom says I have to deal with what is and not to get my hopes up, but how else can hopes go but up
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At some point, you just have to choose. And then be brave enough to stand up to the people who think you made the wrong choice.
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Sometimes I can change how I feel about something by drawing it.
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Dogs always forgive you when they know you're sorry. And so do star friends -Lily
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How else can hopes go but up?
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Don’t stand in front of the TV when other people are watching it.
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Looking closer can make something beautiful
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Sometimes understanding comes in little drops and other times it rushes in like the tide, rolling everything over as it comes.
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