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Whenever something great happens, you're always kind of poised for the universe to correct itself. (Sarah Dessen)
Oh for God's sake,' Heather said, 'I wish you two would just go out, fail miserably as a couple, and get it over with. View quote
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It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. View quote
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Of course it hurts", she grumbled, tipping my head further back. "Life sucks. Get over it. View quote
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When he stopped walking and kissed me a few minutes later, it was like time had stopped, with the air, my heart, and the world all so still. And it was this I remembered every other time I was with Marshall. View quote
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It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn't want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering. View quote
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Too many locks, not enough keys. View quote
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That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about. View quote
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The thing is, you can't always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns. View quote
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The only trick was never giving more that you were willing to lose. View quote
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Macon: "It's true. And if that doesn't work, use the Jedi Mind Trick. But only if you really have to.” Halley: "The what?” Macon: "The Jedi Mind Trick.” He looked at me. "Didn't you ever see Star Wars? (Sarah Dessen)
Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak. View quote
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Your mother won a special reward," she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded. View quote
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You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take. The night before, I'd offered up my hand. Now, if I held on, there was no telling what it was possible to recieve in return. View quote
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call it chicken salad. View quote
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It takes so little to change everything. If you really thought about it, it would scare you to death. View quote
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That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say. View quote
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You don't have to make things harder then they have to be just to prove a point. View quote
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It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me... it's sometimes even harder to let it out. View quote
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He wasn't what I'd thought he was; maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either. View quote
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See you in dreamland. (Sarah Dessen)
We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love- all kinds- was really about. View quote
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Look at it this way: I might be saying you're fat, but at least I'm not punching you in the face.' Are those the only options?' Not always. Just sometimes. View quote
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Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well. View quote
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I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there. View quote
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