And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
KHALED HOSSEINIBut then it passed, as all things do.
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But then it passed, as all things do.
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I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.
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A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.
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They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.
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But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
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Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
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But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.
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The problem, of course, was that [he] saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can’t love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.
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One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.
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Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways and move them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism.
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A man’s heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn’t like a mother’s womb. It won’t bleed. It won’t stretch to make room for you.
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It always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.
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In many parts of the world, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create.
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One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.
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A man’s heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn’t like a mother’s womb. It won’t bleed. It won’t stretch to make room for you.
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