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"If all of her was not enough for him, then let him have none of her and seek what he needed elsewhere."
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"If you take a stand [for God] and mean it, you may suffer persecution. Some of your friends will drift away. They don't want to be with people like you. You speak to their conscience. They feel uncomfortable in your presence because you live for God."

"Our relationship must be right with God before it can be right with man."

"Was Deirdre right about me purposely wanting relationships that were impossible?"

"Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal."

"Go! Yes, You! Go! I will not force you to like me; I will not force you to love me. Unconditional love has a condition inside it but there is no you in me. If I know my real me, then I know your real you. I know your value in me and I also know my value in you. If your value is not in me and my value is not in you, then I will not force you to like me; I will not force you to love me, so go!"

"Things had improved after he was born. We both loved him with such fervor that it was impossible that some wouldn't splash back on us."

"A relationship is the union of two psychological systems."

"To get someone's attentionsay three words with compassion.Say "I love you", more than me,like the river loves the sea."

"When I'm with you,I feel exposed.Naked. When I'm naked with you, I feel clothed.Sheltered."
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"When has been disappointed for so long, hope becomes the enemy. One cannot be dashed to the earth unless one is lifted first, and I learned to avoid hope."

"And the world re-ordered itself around me. I spoke each word carefully. 'You are so stupid."

"It's not the sort of thing one asks of a friend. He hasn't offered, and I will not ask it. I will not tear him that way. I am trying to let go. I don't know how."

"Besides, if there were no dragons of flesh and blood and fire, whence would come the idea for these stone carvings?"

"Think of what is and don't let what might have been distract you."

"I truly wanted to live a life in which I could make my own choices, independent of the 'duties' of my birth and position. It was only when fate granted that to me that I realized the cost of it. I could set aside my responsibilities to others and live my life as I please only when I also severed my ties to them. I could not have it both ways."

"I should live each day as if it were significant, as if everyday the fate of the world depended on my action."

"Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest."
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