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No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together. (Sarah Dessen)
But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear. View quote
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Look, the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a choice. Either hope for the best or just expect the worst. View quote
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You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen. View quote
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It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters. View quote
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I am not breaking my rules,' I snapped, hating that I'd ended up on the advice-recieving end of things, jumping from Dear Remy to Confused in Cincinnati all in one summer. View quote
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I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like. View quote
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Funny how a beautiful song could tell such an ugly story. View quote
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If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and everything that followed it is part of letting it go. View quote
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But you don't have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” "You don't have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn't always out to get you. View quote
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See for me, it's immediate. Silence is so freaking loud.' This seemed either deep or deeply oxymoronic. I wasn't sure which. (Sarah Dessen)
Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,' Wallace said, 'it's a coffee table, not an orphan. View quote
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There comes a point when things are undeniable and can't be hidden any longer. Even from yourself. View quote
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I didn't want to leave things the way we had, unresolved,... and tried to tell myself he cared about me enough not to look elsewhere for what I wasn't giving him. View quote
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Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative." "Which is?" "Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know? View quote
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I planned my whole future around Adam," she said now, quietly. "And now I have nothing." "No," I told her, "now you just don't have Adam. There's a big difference, Lissa. You just can't see it yet. View quote
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When you don't know where you're going, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to have more than you need. View quote
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When you've never gotten love from someone, you don't know what it might look like if it ever does appear. You look for it in everything: any bright light overhead could be a star. View quote
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It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim. View quote
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It's so, so stupid what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid. View quote
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I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way. (Sarah Dessen)
Once I turned eighteen, I could cut myself off from everyone and finally get what I wanted, which was to be on my own, once and for all. ~Ruby, pg 38. View quote
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The point,' Ms. Conyers continued, "is that no word had one specific definition. Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life. View quote
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And the rest is history,' I said. Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now. View quote
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Maybe marriage, like life, isn't only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things-like being guided slowly forward, surely, day after day-that stretches out to strengthen even the most tenuous bond. View quote
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