Things are sweeter when they’re lost. I know–because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDIntelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
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Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be.
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Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?
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When I’m with you, I don’t breathe quite right.
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You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.
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She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.
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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
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It’s not a slam at you when people are rude, it’s a slam at the people they’ve met before.
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One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
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She was feeling the pressure of the world outside and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside her and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all.
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The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
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No matter how low you go, there’s always an unexplored basement.
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I’m a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of boredom, to most of my desires.
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Intelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
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For what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
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So we’ll just let things take their course, and never be sorry.
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