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Your responsibility is not to the people you’re making the gift for, but the gift itself.
John GreenJohn Green I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence
John GreenJohn Green You can love someone so much but you can never love people as much as you can miss them.
John GreenJohn Green You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.
John GreenJohn Green You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.
John GreenJohn Green The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with.
John GreenJohn Green It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.
John GreenJohn Green The town was paper, but the memories were not.
John GreenJohn Green Everything that comes together falls apart.
John GreenJohn Green You like someone who can’t like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.
John GreenJohn Green I ran like a cheetah – well, like a cheetah that smoked too much.
John GreenJohn Green You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.
John GreenJohn Green Whatever you’re worried about, you’re bigger than the worries.
John GreenJohn Green Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war.
John GreenJohn Green What’s the meaning of life? Other people.
John GreenJohn Green Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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I was so wrinkled I could screw my hats on.
Phyllis DillerPhyllis Diller I’m half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you – my father taught me.
Jason MomoaJason Momoa Men get laid, but women get screwed.
Quentin CrispQuentin Crisp In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn’t tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California.
Saul BellowSaul Bellow I admit I’m being paid well, but it’s no more than I deserve. After all, I’ve been screwed more times than a hooker.
Sean ConnerySean Connery I’ve screwed up a lot, but I’ve always admitted it.
John DalyJohn Daly My knee is screwed. I had the meniscus cut out.
John DalyJohn Daly I look at the newspapers, and I cannot believe most of the stories I read. Bernie Madoff, who actually screwed millions of people for billions of dollars.
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