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What are you thinking?" he asks. I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undone by the sight of tears - so I blink hard against the sting. "I'm thinking how thankful I am for everything," I say, "even the bad stuff. Every sleepless night, every second of being lonely, every time the car broke down, every wad of gum on my shoe, every late bill and losing lottery ticket and bruise and broken dish and piece of burnt toast." His voice is soft. "Why, darlin'?" "Because it all led me here to you. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

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I loved you long before you loved me. It's the only thing I have you beat at, and I'll bring it up every chance I get. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

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The problem, of course, was that [he] saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

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What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly. ↗

— Albert Camus

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El bisturí es la prueba mayor del fracaso de la medicina ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

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Belinda stared into the fire for some time, thinking about what she had in her life, and what she had given up; and whether it would be worse to love someone who was no longer there, or not to love someone who was. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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I want you. I want you so badly I can’t stand it. When you left, it felt like the world got darker. Like I couldn’t truly see anything. Couldn’t feel anything. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

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The silkiness of his voice was a torturous caress that I could have endured for the rest of my life. ↗

— Melissa Andrea

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Something amazing happens when you're in love and don't give a damn about what day it is anymore. ↗

— Chad Sugg

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Hello' said a vague and dreamy voice from behind them. Harry looked up: Luna Lovegood had drifted over from the Ravenclaw table. Many people were staring at her and few people openly laughing and pointing; she had managed to procure a hat shaped like a life-size lion's head, which was perched precariously on her head. 'I'm supporting Gryffindor' said Luna, pointing unnecessarily at her hat. "Look what it does...' She reached up and tapped the hat with her wand. It opened its mouth wide and gave an extremely realistic roar that made everyone in the vicinity jump. 'It's good, isn't it?' said Luna happily. 'I wanted to have it chewing up a serpent to represent Slytherin, you know, but there wasn't time. Anyway...good luck, Ronald! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

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