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my big sister and her hubby are expecting a baby.

senior project is finally over.
i picked a rockin' awesome topic.

i can't decide where to go to college.

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if the world could remain within a frame, like a painting on a wall, i think we would see the beauty.
we would stand staring in awe at our still lives posed like a bowl of oranges.

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nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.
-- Jim Horning.

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there is no such thing as the word "loved".
love has no past tense.
if you ever stop loving someone,
then you never truly loved them in the first place.

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there comes a point when you just love someone.
not because they're good or bad or anything really.
you just love them.
it doesn't mean you'll be together forever.
it doesn't mean you won't hurt eachother.
it just means you love them.
sometimes in spite of who they are, and sometimes because of who they are.
and you know they love you.
sometimes because of who you are, and sometimes in spite of it.

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each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique.
that is why you cannot love two people the same. it simply is not possible.
you love each person differently because of who they are,
and the uniqueness they draw out of you.
-- William P. Young.

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it's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies.
the only variable is about what.

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everybody does stupid things.
it shouldn't cost them everything they want in life.

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when a good person dies,
there should be an impact on the world.
somebody should notice.
somebody should be upset.

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but i'm still here and you're still here.
and if you're reading this, it means you never gave up.
because you're stronger than they think you are.
because you're stronger than you think you are.

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hope is the most exciting thing in life.
if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come.
and even if it doesn't come straight away,
there is still that chance all through your life that it will.
-- Josh Hartnett.

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never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar,
never fail to be polite, and never outstay the welcome.
just keep your mind open and suck in the experience.
and if it hurts, you know what ? it's probably worth it.

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sometimes, we can fall in love with someone for all the wrong reasons. and still love them even after all the hurt, because well, sometimes, and most times, we can't pick who we love. and even though we know we shouldn't love them, we do, and always will. because there are just a small number of people in this world, who will get us for reasons we can't explain, even when they shouldn't, and even when time has elapsed since we last talked.
-- Arminda Meer.

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if people are truly, madly, deeply in love with eachother, they will find a way.
-- Dawson's Creek.

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there are certain things in life that are better left unknown.
things you wish you never asked, never heard, and sometimes never felt.

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when you run from something it only stays with you longer.
if you fight something, it only makes you stronger.

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focus on the journey, not the destination.
joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.
-- Greg Anderson.

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do all the good you can,
by all the means you can,
in all the ways you can,
in all the places you can,
at all the times you can,
to all the people you can,
as long as you can.
-- John Wesley

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if you have much, give your wealth ; if you have little, give your heart.
-- Arab Proverb.

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i never thought i'd hear myself saying this, but thank you. because if you hadn't come along, i would never have learned that my worst day could also have been my best. because when a heart breaks, it also opens ; and once a heart opens, any number of things can happen, and some of them can be wonderful.

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there are things that we don't want to happen, but have to accept.
things we don't want to know, but have to learn.
and people we can't live without, but have to let go.

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the beautiful thing about memories is that they are yours.
whether they're good, bad, or indifferent, they belong to you.
no matter where life takes you, your memories tie you to where you've been,
and where you are now.

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after you say your final goodbye, an ending is just an ending.
you don't always get the closure you want.
sometimes you wish you could've sat and cried a little bit longer.
you wish that you had savored the last moment that you clung to something that once meant so much.
people let you down, and sometimes you don't get sent off the way you wanted to.
you realize that leaving something that was never perfect will never be perfect, either.
nothing is ever perfect, but there is no word more absolute than goodbye.

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you know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn't really your home anymore ? all of a sudden, even though you have somewhere to put all your stuff, the idea of home is gone. you'll see one day when you move out, it just sort of happens one day, and it's gone. you feel like you can never get it back. it's like you feel homesick for a place that doesn't exist. maybe it's like this right of passage. and you won't ever have this feeling again until create a new idea of home for yourself. for your kids, for the family you start. it's like a cycle or something. i don't know, but i miss the idea of it. maybe that's all family really is. a group of people that miss the same imaginary place.

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you can try your hardest.
you can do everything and say everything.
but sometimes people just aren't worth the effort anymore.
they aren't worth worrying about.
it's important to know when to let go of someone who only brings you down.

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human kind cannot bear much reality.
we keep hoping for the best, and we keep being disappointed.
but every now and then, we stumble on something or someone,
and hope seems entirely reasonable all over again.

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i guess, to some extent, you get used to being alone.
you get used to not expecting phone calls and having nothing to do at night.
you don't expect to turn around to open arms any longer.
the small sounds of him have been replaced by silence.
your thoughts echo through your head, with no one there to share them with.
all in all, being alone isn't terrible. it just hurts like hell.

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because sometimes, there is no easy way out.
you just have to grin and bear it.
sometimes, the only escape route is to go straight through the flames.
so just brace yourself and bite your lip.
sometimes, you have to sever the ties clean off.
because in every relationship, there comes a point when the damage is too much.
and no matter how good it once was, the memories can no longer sustain you.
you have to save yourself, knowing all the while it will hurt like hell.
because you can't keep giving someone everything if you're getting nothing in return.

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i don't have a fear of commitment. i have a fear of abandonment.
we all screw things up. i screw things up. especially with the people i love.
i get needy, i get moody, i get distant, i want to be too close.
i get confused, i don't understand all of it.
but i keep pushing, because i hope in this thing, the universe.
there's no way i'm the only bad person out there who wants something this bad.
if i want it, someone else out there must too.

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there are some people who meet that somebody that they can never stop loving, no matter how hard they try. i wouldn't expect you to understand that, or even believe it. but trust me, there are some loves that don't go away. and maybe that makes them crazy. but we should all be lucky enough to end up with somebody who has a little of that insanity. someone who never lets go. someone who cherishes you forever.

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i don't want to disappear. i want to stay with you forever.
i want to remember your smell, your laugh, your voice ; everything.
it's so hard to think that one day this will all be gone.
it feels like we just got here.

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i miss you even more than i could have believed.
and i was prepared to miss you a great deal.
so this is really just a sequel of pain.
it is incredible how essential to me you have become.

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i guess by now, i should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone, you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence.

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we all want to be loved, to be happy. so why aren't we ?
because we've beecome experts at sabotaging our own happiness.
feeling like victims, when in fact it's the choices we make.
the bad habits, the vices, the inability to show love and compassion.
these are the things that tear us down.
we're not victims. when it comes to love and happiness, we're assassins.

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i knew that there were no guarantees.
no way of knowing what came next for me, for him, or for anybody.
some things don't last forever, but some things do.
like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory
you can take out and unfold in your darkest times, pressing down the corners
and peering in close, hoping you still recognize the person you see there.

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it's not that easy to distinguish the good guys from the bad.
sinners can surprise you. and the same is true for saints.
why do we try to define people as simply good or evil ?
no one wants to admit that compassion and cruelty can live side by side in one heart.
no one wants to admit that anyone is capable of anything.

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sometimes you love, and you learn, and you move on.
and that's okay.

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when there has been so much love and happiness for someone,
it is natural to be reluctant to close such a wonderful chapter in our lives,
for moving forward is rarely accomplished without considerable grief and sadness.
and while our own sorrow may be profound, the clouds will clear, and the sun will shine on us again.
and in that warm, bright light, we will find ourselves facing a glorious future.
a future of exciting challenges and infinite possibilities,
in which the horizon will stretch out before us,
trimmed in the heavenly glow of the sunrise of our tomorrow.

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the world is bursting at the seems with people ready to tell you that you're not good enough.
on occasion, some may be correct. but do not do their work for them.
seek any jobs ; ask anyone out ; pursue any goal.
do not take it personally when they say no, for they may not be smart enough to say yes.

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the reason people find it so hard to be happy
is that they always see the past better than it was,
the present worse than it is,
and the future less resolved than it will be.

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sometimes, the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary
simply by doing them with the right people.

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things don't get lost if they don't have value.
you don't miss what you don't care about.

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i love the feeling after a good run. or the feeling when my favorite song is on full blast in the car, driving through the country air. i like when my mom makes my favorite meal. i like traveling to nowhere, getting lost, and then the best part, being found. i like being held by someone who means a lot to me, especially when i haven't seen them in a while. we always complain that there isn't enough time. or that these moments never come around enough. it's true that we never stop growing old, and we mature faster than we'd like. but time is the essence of life, and it brings change and surprise. i like watching the people i care for get older, and change, and become who they're supposed to be. sometimes we all wish to go back, to repeat a moment, or pause it forever. but we need change, even when we don't want it. the cards are placed, and the time brings us closer to our destination. all the while as we travel through. the things we love doing, the people we share our life with, that's the destiny. we're not supposed to end up anywhere, we're supposed to make the best of this journey.

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everyone has the heartbreak that shapes them in a way
that they could never go back to the innocence that they had before.
-- Zooey Deschanel.

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relationships are never easy. some days, you're going to wake up and that love you know you have for the person in the bed next to you just isn't going to come so naturally. we always say "no one told us it was going to be this hard," but they do. we choose not to listen, because it seems so unreasonable that one day you will be able to keep your hands off of each other. one day you will spend your free time away from each other. the only way you can make a relationship last is if you work at it everyday and never give up on it. because if you take time to fight and argue and still can't imagine leaving them, then you love them. and that's the kind of love that's forever.

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there's something to be said about a glass half full, about knowing when to say when.
i think it's a floating line, a barometer of need and desire.
it's entirely up to the individual, and depends on what's being poured.
sometimes all we want is a taste.
other times, there is no such thing as enough,
the glass is bottomless, and all we want is more.

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meeting genuinely good people makes the crappy parts of life worth dealing with.

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maybe that's what it all comes down to. love. not a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. and maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.

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there are better things ahead than any we leave behind. -- C.S. Lewis.

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there is always something left to love. and if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing. -- Lorraine Hansberry.

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people are lonely because they build walls and not bridges. -- Joseph F. Newton.

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maybe i'm not all i should be, but i am more than what i used to be.
and God's not finished with me yet. i know He has made me,
and i won't insult what God has made.

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you are what you love, not what loves you.

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never forget, there is kindness in the world, just waiting to surprise you.

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ordinary riches can be stolen. real riches cannot. in your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. -- Oscar Wilde.

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only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. they learn what to do and what to avoid. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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and the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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our days would be happier if we gave peopel a little bit of our hearts rather than a piece of our minds.

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when you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person that can live at peace with others.

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this is the acceptance speech. the end of anger and denial.
i accept that you and i will never be the same again.
that while those days will live in my mind forever, they're over.
i hate it, but i accept it. and i'm moving on now.

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if a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

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i've learned a lot this year. i learned that things don't always turn out the way you planned, or the way you think they should. and i've learned that there are things that go wrong that don't always get fixed or get put back together the way they were before. i've learned that some broken things stay broken, and i've learned that you can get through the bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you. -- Jennider Weiner.

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after a while, you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and changing a soul. and you learn that love doesn't mean possession, and company doesn't mean security. and you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts, and presents aren't promises. you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child. and you learn to build your roads today because tomorrow's ground is to uncertain for plans. and futures have ways of falling down in mid-flight. after a while, you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. and you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong, and you really do have worth. and you learn. -- Veronica A. Shoffstall.

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but some emotions don't make a lot of noise. it's hard to hear pride. caring is real faint, like a heart beat mixed with pure love. some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.

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sin will cost you more than you ever wanted to pay,
take away more than you ever wanted to give,
and leave you farther than you ever wanted to go.

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you can't live a positive life with a negative mind.

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when you can't be honest with people, you can't ever relax with them. -- Dorothy Koomson.

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there are some things that are nothing more than what they are. they're not meant to last. they just take their place in your heart and make you a little smarter the next time.

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i think happiness is what makes people pretty. period. happy people are beautiful. -- Drew Barrymore.

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i've found that luck is quite predictable. if you want more luck, take more chances. be more active. show up more often. -- Brian Tracy.

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if a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. think up something appropriate and do it. -- Edgar Watson Howe.

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go be that starving artist you're afraid to be. open up that journal and get poetic finally. volunteer. suck it up and travel. you were not born here to work and pay taxes. you were put here to be part of a vast organism to explore and create. stop putting it off. the world has much more to offer than fifteen televisions at TGI Fridays. take pictures. scare people. shake up the scene. be the change you want to see in the world. you'll thank yourself for it. -- Jason Mraz.

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you can't rely on someone else to make you feel alive.

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just remember, you will survive. and you will be a better human for it.

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my thoughts tend to sound better in books i didn't write and in the songs i didn't sing. even then, sometimes there is no piece of literature, no song, no work of art that can really explain the way you feel. there is a double-edged comfort in knowing that no one really knows.

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the world is too big to never ask why. the answers don't fall straight out of the sky. i'm fighting to live and to feel alive, but i can't feel a thing without you by my side.

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i'm going to try to start updating again. (=
but i'll be out of town for a week,
so i won't be able to put anything online then.

my sister's getting married in less than a month,
and i'm her Maid-of-Honor so it's been a little busy.

some things change, some things don't.
a lot of things have, a lot of things haven't.

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i'm determined to love each day more than i'm afraid of it.

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some things are just not meant to last forever.
it might hurt to lose people, but maybe they just weren't supposed to stay.
maybe the impact they have on your life is greater because they're gone.
it gets tough, but life will give you a lot of people who are mean't to stay.
and even more who are not.

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the truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur
when we are deeply uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled.
for it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort,
that we are likely to step out of our ruts
and start searching for different ways or truer answers.
-- M. Scott Peck.

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maybe love, too, is beautiful because it has a wilderness that cannot be tamed.
i don't know. all i know is that passion can take you up like a house of cards in a tornado,
leaving distruction in its wake.
or it can let you alone because you have built a stone wall against it
and set out the armed guards to keep it from touching you.
the real trick is to let it in, but then hold on.
to understand that the heart is as vast and wide as the universe,
but that we come to know it best from here,
this place of gravity and stability,
where our feet can still touch the ground.

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i've learned that no matter how thin you slice it, there's always two sides.
i've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person i want to be.
i've learned that it's a lot easier to react than it is to stop and think.
i've learned that you either control your attitude or it controls you.
i've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had
and what you've learned from them, than how many birthdays you've celebrated.
i've learned that quality is more important than quality when it comes to friends.
i've learned that it isn't enough to be forgiven by others;
sometimes you just have to learn how to forgive yourself.
i've learned that no matter how badly your heart is broken, the world won't stop for you.
i've learned that backgrounds and circumstances might have influenced who you are,
but we are responsible for the people we become.
i've learned that you can't make somebody love you;
all you can do is be somebody who can be loved.
i've learned that the word 'love' has many meanings, but it loses value when it is over-used.
and most importantly, i've learned that no matter how old or wise you think you are,
life never stops teaching.

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truth is, everybody is going to hurt you.
you just have to find the ones worth suffering for.
-- Bob Marley.

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as simple as it sounds, we must all try to be the best person we can be.
by making the best choices and by making the most of the talents we've been given.
-- Mary Lou Retton.

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the most important thing in life is to find yourself.
to know who you are at all times,
and to stand by that for the rest of your life.

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sometimes you feel everything and nothing, all at once.
sometimes you'll find yourself smiling while missing someone at the same time.
at times, you can absolutely love a person while wanting to so badly to hate them.
life comes without guarantees. except that smiling will brighten up your face,
laughing will enhance your eyes, and falling in love will change your life.

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whatever you do, don't settle.
you deserve so much more.

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you're the reason i come home.

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because street lights and stop signs are all that distance means.
freeways and free days are just like heaven to me.
love is a behavior, not a feeling.
it's the way somebody treats you, everyday, all day.
not just when their life is going well.

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i miss being able to count on you.

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you know it saves me to think even for a little while
that i owned the set of shoulders you came to rely on.

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sorry it's been so long, y'all.
almost a year !
good Lord, so much has happened.

i'm a senior now. and class vice-president.
and there's a lot of other new stuff,
but i'll quit wasting your time.
here's some quotes. :)

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as long as you are here with me, this will feel like home.

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strength doesn't come from winning. your struggles develop your strengths.
when you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

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there's no way you can know everything about someone.
that's what keeps everything interesting.
at some point, you just have to learn to trust people.

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pull yourself together before you set yourself apart.
make every door you walk through a living work of art.

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maybe some friendships aren't meant to be saved.
maybe we're meant to spend a certain part of our lives with certain people,
and then move on.

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before you try to figure out where to go, remember where you've been.

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if you want to change the way people respond to you,
change the way you respond to people.

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he attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence
and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

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finish each day and be done with it.
you have done what you could.
some blunders and absurdities have crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
tomorrow is a new day.
you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit
to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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sometimes people are beautiful.
not in looks. not in what they say.
just in what they are.

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when everything inside of me looks like everything i hate,
You are the hope i have for change ; You are the only chance i'll take.

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don't wait to lay your armor down.

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lost love is still love. it just takes a different form is all. you can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor, but when those senses weaken, another heightens: memory. memory becomes your partner. you nurture it. you hold it. you dance with it.

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anything or anyone what does not bring you alive is too small for you.
-- David White.

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i hope you're learning to listen,
and i hope you're learning to stay.
and i hope you find what you're missing.
and i hope that you're making your way.

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i like to see people reunited.
i like to see people run to eachother, i like the kissing and the crying.
i like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can't tell fast enough,
the ears that aren't big enough, the eyes that can't take in all of the change.
i like the hugging, the bringing together.
the end of missing someone.
-- Jonathan Safran Foer.

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when people walk away from you, let them walk.
don't try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you,
calling you, caring for you, coming to see you, or staying attached to you.
your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.

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sometimes your heart needs a long restart
to realize how it feels to be off your sleeve,
and back in your own chest.

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make yourself free.

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love is a great beautifier - Louisa May Alcott.

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i don't care where you come from, as long as you come to me.
but i don't like all those illusions, i can't see them clearly.
i don't care. i wouldn't dare to fix the twist in you.
you've shown me eventually what you'll do.
i don't mind, i don't care, as long as you're here.

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when it comes down to it,
you either risk nothing in life,
or you risk everything.
that's just how it is.

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if there's one thing i've learned so far,
it's that you're never too strong to apologize,
and it's never too late to change.

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love what you have with all you have.

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we're meant to lose the people we love.
how else are we supposed to know how important they are ?

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we are not the same person this year as last - nor are those we love.
it is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

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before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself.
before you can move their tears, your own must flow.
to convince them, you must yourself believe.
-- Winston Churchill.

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risk-taking, trust and serendipity are the key ingredients of joy.
without risk, nothing new ever happens.
without trust, fear creeps in.
without serindipity, there are no surprises.
-- Rita Golden Gelman.

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love and kindness are never wasted.
they always make a difference.
-- Barbara De Angelis.

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the irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating - in work, in play, in love.
the act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic,
from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation.
to commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life.
-- Ann Morriss.

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the world owes you nothing.
it was here first.
-- Mark Twain.

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anyone who can touch you can hurt you.
anyone who can reach you can love you. or leave you.
-- Natasha Bedingfield.

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don't waste your time asking why such an amazing thing could happen to you. just let it happen.
don't doubt that you could be loved. just let yourself be loved.
if you don't believe you're worth anyone's time, then you won't be.
take yourself seriously and others will too.
'why' is such a wasteful question.
why ? because that's the way it's supposed to be.
that's the only answer you have. accept it.

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i might not be making much sense right now,
but that's the way i see it.
i find myself in you.
i know that's some totally cliche line,
but it's really the only thing i can think of right now to explain this.
out there, in the world, i'm lost.
but with you, everything is clearer.

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though the miles may come between us,
you're always and forever on my mind.
when you go, don't forget to write.
you're the best thing that ever happened.
i never imagined that you would change my life.

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the best feeling in the world is finally knowing you took a step in the right direction,
a step towards the future where everything that you never thought was possible is possible.

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i miss you.
when something really good happens, you're the first one i want to share it with.
when something is troubling me, you're the only one who would understand.
when i laugh or cry, you're the only one who could make me laugh harder or cry less.
i don't know where you went or why we grew apart, but you should know, i miss you.

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so i let you go, i set you free.
and when you've seen what you need to see,
when you find yourself, comeback to me.

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maybe our mistakes are what make our fate.
without them, what would shape our lives ?
perhaps if we never veered off course,
we wouldn't fall in love, or have babies, or be who we are.
after all, seasons change, and so do cities.
people come into our lives and people go,
but it's comforting to know the ones you love are always in your heart.
and if you're very lucky, only a plane ride away.

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even when i don't think i did anything wrong, i'm always the first to apologize.
i think it's more mature to rise above it than to waste time bickering.
but at the same time, i worry that someday i'll end up allowing people to walk all over me.

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the expected is what we live for.
the unexpected is what changes our lives.

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go to bed with a dream,
but wake up with a purpose.

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the distance seems so much further when you shove it in my face.
this moment has left me with nothing else to say.

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sometimes i feel like i'm wasting all my time waiting for my life to start.
i'd rather trip and fall than never try.
i don't want to waste another day while the world goes by.
i want to live it. i want to breath it.
i want to feel it for myself.

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you need to have a little faith.
not everyone you love is going to leave you.

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i think the hardest part of this situation is that neither of us know what's going on.
neither of us know what the other is thinking,
and we're both trying to make decisions on information we don't know.

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get back on your feet and quit making excuses.
this is your chance, and you don't want to lose this.
keep your head above the water and it will all be allright.
but don't say all these things if you don't really mean them.
my heart has gotten tired, but it's still beating.

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even when you're not sure where you're headed, it helps to know you're not going there alone.
no one has all the answers, and sometimes the best thing to do is just apologize and let the past be the past.
other times, we need to look to the future and know that even when we think we've seen it all,
live can still surprise us, and we can still surprise ourselves.

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i want a steady hand and a kind soul.
i want to fall asleep and wake up knowing my heart is safe.

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i've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, live does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. i've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things : a rainy day, lost luggange, and tangled Chrismas tree lights. i've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. i've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. i've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. i've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. i've learned that whenever i decide something with an open heart, i usually make the right decision. i've learned that even when i have pains, i don't have to be one. i've learned that every day, you should reach out and touch someone. people love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. i've learned that i still have a lot to learn. i've learned that people will never forget how you made them feel.
-- Maya Angelou.

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maybe it makes sense now.
maybe somewhere in all of this, there's a reason. maybe somewhere in all of this, there's a why.
maybe somewhere, there's that thing that lets you tie it all up with a neat bow and burry it in the backyard.
but nothing, not get getting angry, not prayers, and not tears, can make something that happened unhappen.

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she's banged up mentally and emotionally, literally and metaphorically.
but everyday she walks outside with a smile on her face, because that's who she is.

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cute is when a person's personality shines through their looks. even in the way they walk.
everytime you see them, you just want to run up and hug them.

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i'm never letting this one go,
because often, certain people enter our lives at the most peculiar times, for the most beautiful reasons.
they seem to make such perfect impressions, while leaving behind an everlasting impact.
some of the best things in life appear when you least expect them. things you can never forget.

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when you're in love with someone,
that person is the lighthouse of your universe.

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i hate the person i become when you're not around.

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but in the end, the most important thing to accept is that no matter how alone you feel, or how painful it may be, with the help of those around you, you'll get through this too.

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i need to do this. i need to prove to you that i can make it on my own. i need to prove to myself that i am strong enough to live my life to the fullest, without relying on you to hold me together. i need to move on. i need to get over this stumbling block, because i want to be happy again. i want to be able to smile and laugh and make a joke without knowing in my heart that the joy i show is just a lie. i need to stop missing you. i need to stop caring. our time has come and gone, and whether i like it or not, i need to move on with my life. i need to leave you behind and make myself strong and independent. i just need to stop needing you.

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men will treat you the way you let them.
there is no such thing as deserving respect.
you get what you demand from people.
if you demand respect, he will either respect you,
or he won't associate with you.
it really is that simple.
-- Tucker Max.

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