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So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge. (Sarah Dessen)
I trailed off and he didn't push me to finish. I was finding that I liked that. View quote
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Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. View quote
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It's true. It's like the hidden secret that no one tells you. we can all be beautiful girls, Colie. it's so easy. it's like Dorothy clicking her heels to go home. You could do it all along. View quote
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What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a project, but a prize. you know? View quote
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Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though. View quote
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Not everything's perfect, especially in the beginning. And its all right to have a little bit of regret every once in a while. It's when you feel it all the time and can't do anything about it... that's when you get into trouble. View quote
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Wes wants to be with Macy. And Macy, whether she'll admit it or not, wants to be with Wes. And yet they're not together, which is not only unjust, but when you think about it, tragical! View quote
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After the group vet appointment--during which Lyle scratched the vet, the vet tech, and some poor woman minding her own business in the waiting room--we went back to Sabrina's and re-released the cats to their natural habitat. View quote
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The world is speaking to you every day, you just don't know how to listen. View quote
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An empty frame, in which the picture is always changing, makes a statement about how time is always passing. It doesn't really stop, even in a single image. I t just feels that way. (Sarah Dessen)
You can never be sure of anyone until you're close enough to see them clearly. View quote
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All you could do was take on as much weight as you can bear. And if you're lucky, there's someone close enough by to shoulder the rest. View quote
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You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try. View quote
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Everything looks different when you're older, not staring up at the world but down upon it. View quote
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You didn't fail. You just opted out. There's a difference. View quote
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I'd come here planning to leave as soon as I could. It was a pit stop, not a destination. I had my whole life mapped out." "So what happened?" "I guess that map didn't turn out to be mine after all. View quote
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He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn't count. You were either in, or you weren't. View quote
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it sounded stupid, but of course everything does when you're just getting the bare bones facts, only the basics... View quote
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Hey, and for what it's worth? Friends don't leave you alone in the woods. Friends are the ones who come and take you out. View quote
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There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back. (Sarah Dessen)
But when you're alone in the world, really alone, you have no choice but to be open to suggestions. View quote
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I mean, to me, freaking out is different. More of a running away, not telling anyone what's wrong, slowly simmering until you burst kind of thing. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's nice to have options even if you can't take them. View quote
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