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We have no relationship without honesty. - by Claude

Everyone has issues. And at the end of the day...you are who you are.

And more important, did he love me as much as he once loved me?

There is no grief like heartbreak.

But there is one constant, one thing you can always count on: that not only does love come first, but at the end, it is the only thing that remains.

You theoretically have so much more time at home, but you fill it with the minutiae that you somehow managed to avoid when you were working.

No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

But certainly not everyday you can find someone who wants to have a monogamous relationship

As I've said many times, the only way to stay trim is to eat bacon.

His favorite quote is from Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.

So much of how we see the world is a matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and wanting and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.

I really try to focus on my books and readers.

And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.

Time heals all wounds, particularly if you pack a bunch of stuff into that time.

Things certainly aren't the way you imagine them when you're a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a grown-up will look like.

It's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved.

People who like surprises want you to like surprises, too.

Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive.

Well, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right
person for you. That takes some time to figure out

Why is a Christmas tree better than a man? Because it stays up, has cute balls, and looks good with the lights on!

I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.

She says that everyone creates a version of her life that she wishes were true and tries to believe.

dangerous chemistry

(mother) She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air.

You'll never regret being a good friend.

He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.

Being married cuts on your freedom. Having a husband or a relationship at all puts constraints on you. by Michael.

Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them.

I don't know. She was a sweet girl. As sweet as they come. I don't know why I didn't love her. It's something you can't really control.

I will find the good in this loss. I will make something
happen that wouldn't have happened otherwise.

The mind-blowing, ridiculous sex which was the stuff of both poetry and porn - so unlike anything else I had ever experienced before.

Maybe someday I would be happy. -

You can love someone you mistrust.

I miss us, too. I always have, and probably always will

I want to make it official, i want to make it forever

People generally didn't cheat in good relationships.

But now we have time. Endless time stretches before us.

Guilt is a supreme waste of time and energy.

But I still remained paralyzed by indecision, reluctance, and endless second-guessing ...

There is emotion, and then there is what you do about it.

Cremation was definitely the way to go. It was the way I wanted to go, rather than risk the possibility of going out on a bad-hair day.

But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.

We are in love and meant to be together.

let those surface issues go, to value content over form.

I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.

My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk.

Love made things feel precarious, and, when you got right down to it, everything in life was tenuous and fleeting and ultimately tragic.

It's a metaphor for life. If sports don't matter, then life doesn't matter.

But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love.

Clutter is knowing all of the things that you absorb through your fashion magazines. Clutter is knowing which celebrities broke up with whom and why.

True love is supposed to make you into a better person-uplift you.

I don't really know why I went to law school.

Wasn't there something to be said for working to live, as opposed to living to work?

Why do I need to have reasons? When someone decides to have a baby, people don't go around asking what her reasons are.

Every couple has two stories - the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version best left alone.

It's heartbreaking when you love a book that fails. And it always
seems to happen to the nicest authors.

Right - secrets and lies are really the same thing,

The best reason to pray is that God is really there. In praying our unbelief starts to melt. God moves smack into the middle of even an ordinary day.

You can only control your own actions. Not other people's reactions.

Being around people didn't make me uneasy, I just preferred to be alone most of the time.

The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way.

You don't have to talk to someone to think about them and check up on them now and again.

Blurring the line between friendship and attraction was a surefire to lose a friend.

It's always a good feeling when you can produce just the right one-liner to prove your point so tidily.

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

It's amazing to me how few guys know their friends' birthdays.

I just think that I screwed up what could have turned into a more significant relationship, or at least a lasting friendship.

It's not about the actors, though, Peter. That's the thing. It's about the writing.

But that's the thing about the sucker punch; the sucker element hurts worse than the punch.

Guys aren't so different from us, I think, which no matter how many times I think it will always seem like a remarkable revelation.

Life's not black-and-white. Sometimes the ends justifies the means.

Anything worthwhile is tough.

Love is sharing a life together

What's the point of being sad?" he says. "We're here now.

I cheated with Rachel, but I'll never cheat on Rachel.

Instead of relief or gratitude, more guilt washes over me. Andy's certainly not faultless - no one ever is in a marriage

Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.

I know that the problem isn't the dream per se. It was the way I felt afterward, once awake.

Love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.

I wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds, two loves.

We both have a lot of growing-up to do ... A lot of the world to see & figure out on our own.
Leo

He who fails to plan, plans to fail.

Of course she knows that I will not join her. I have never danced on a bar. I wouldn't know what to do up there besides fall.

I don't know what a carbuncle is, but it doesn't sound pleasant. I wish one upon Rachel's nose.

I nod, thinking the whole concept of the path not taken is partly what has always troubled me.

Grief is a mystery to be lived through, not a problem to be solved,

You can never be too sure when it comes to things that matter most

I feel a sudden wave of homesickness, but not the kind that makes you sad. The kind that reminds you of who you are and where you come from.

You can run but you can't hide

Love is seldom - almost never - an even proposition. Someone always
loves more.

I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.

Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.

I like to match what I wear to my book jacket - it's a little bit cheesy, but it's my thing.

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end, You'll have no time for grievin'.

Well, shoes, bags and clutches are usually my big weaknesses - my husband always laughs when I call them 'investment pieces.'

My wants are simple: a job that I like and a guy whom I love.

What if two people want to be your partner, then what?

There are two kinds of sorry. There is the sorry imbued with regret. And a pure sorry. The kind that is merely asking for forgiveness, nothing more.

Reckless abandon and know that there will be someone