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"There are some great positive quotes out there that I can't quite share as I wonder how a victim in a war torn country could be expected to see from their perspective?"

"Maybe we have shoes so we can learn to walk in another's oath before judging their footsteps?"

"Still, this was on the order of a minor miracle, running across someone to whom you can express your feeling so clearly, so completely. Most people go their entire lives without meeting a person like that. It would have been mistake to label this "love". It was more like total empathy."

"The pain of humanity's most maltreated victims echoes deep within each of us, in the form of our shame or ignorance."

"Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet."

"Embrace love and compassion with all your spirit. Understand that they never hurt or offend, they just heal and empower."

"The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give a shit about their problems."
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"Whether or not the couple ends up together at the end of a book doesn't determine whether the book has a happy ending or not. As long as the two people end up happy, it doesn't really matter if they end up happy together."


"I stood beside the U-Haul, and I just watched her. I stared at her while she looked on with the saddest look in her eyes. I wanted to know what she was thinking about, what was going on in her head. What had mad her so sad? I wanted to hug her so bad. When she finally got out of the U-Haul and I introduced myself to her, it took all I had to let go of her hand. I wanted to hold on to it forever. I wanted to let her know that she wasn't alone. Whatever burden it was that she was carrying around, I wanted to carry it for her. I wish I could, Lake. I wish I could take it all away. Unfortunately, that's not how it works. It doesn't just go away."


"It's amazing what the sound of a voice you've been longing to hear can do to your heart. He spoke five words just now, but in the time it took him to speak those five words, my heart was shredded and minced, then placed back inside my chest with the expectation that it should somehow know how to beat again."


"You have a nice mouth," he says. "I can't stop looking at it.""You should taste it. It's quite lovely."


"Truths are written, never said... Lines are drawn, but then they fade."


"To me, lyrics are harder to write when you have to invent the feelings behind them. That's when lyrics take a lot of thought, when they aren't genuine."


"I would never let anyone else borrow my heart if I know there's a chance in hell you might want it back."
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