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We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either.

John Green

That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.
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Break Up Broken Heart Happen Hurt Imagination Life
The world is not a wish-granting factory.
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Factory World
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.
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Choice Choose Hurt Satisfaction World
I don’t think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.
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Inside Missing Pieces Thinking
The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
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Human Powerful Tongue
Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war.
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Battle Mischief War Win
What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.
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Believe Couple Person Special
Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.
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Infinite One Liner
You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
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Bury Death Language Lost Mortal Writing
Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don’t wanna make eye contact while telling it
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Alone Introvert Profession Writing
Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that.
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Attitude Funny Nice Smart
You don’t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.
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Abundance Happen Remember
When things break, it’s not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again.
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Break Break Up Prevention Togetherness
Depression is a side effect of dying.
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Depression Die One Liner
Maybe there is something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love, or somewhere you’re afraid to go. It’s gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt because it matters.
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Afraid Hurt Love Matter
When you acknowledge that there is nothing repulsive or unforgivable or shameful about yourself, it becomes easier to be that authentic person and feel like you’re living a less performed life.
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Acknowledge Authentic Forgiveness Life Performance Person Shame Yourself

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