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How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

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Think, think, think.
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Inspirational One Liner Think
It’s so much more friendly with two.
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Friendship One Liner
Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
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Beneath Bridge Lean Peace River Slip Stand Sudden Watch
It gets you nowhere if the other person’s tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
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Conservation Person Tail
I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.
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Dreams Each Other Missing Thinking Time Togetherness
It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
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Book Invitation People Run Terrible
Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
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Forest Going Inspirational Mistake Pieces Step Watch
The truth is that Fate does not go out of its way to be dramatic.
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Dramatic Fate Truth
It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
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Book Invitation People Run Terrible
Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.
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Attention Business Encouragement Inspirational
When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don’t stop and eat it along the way.
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Birthday Carry Friendship Honey Sarcastic
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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Forget Lost Stop Thinking
It’s always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don’t.
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Always Friendship Relationship Want
The hardest part is what to leave behind, It’s time to let go!
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Alone Hard Leaving Let Go Time
She would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.
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Discipline Goodness She Thinking
They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.
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Accident Funny
Be sure to put the knocker fairly low on your door in case a very small friend drops by.
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Case Door Drop Friendship Sure
Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.
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Amateur Chess Desire Gut Poetry
I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.
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Forget Remember Try
Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
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Bore Class Division Funny Need Particular Subject
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.
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Drug Flower
Washing, this modern behind the ears nonsense.
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Ears Nonsense Wash
No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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Poet Possible Sensible
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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Business Fame Money State
Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up.
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Business
So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.
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Book Introduction Perhaps Stop
When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don’t eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.
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Door Eat Friendship Stuck Try

How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

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