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"That's the thing about being the product of happily marries parents, You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more than that, you think you're entitled to live it. So far, though, it wasn't working out as planned."
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"If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale."
"She'd either be a heartless mother and wife or a spineless enabler, when all she really wanted was the man she'd once believed him to be."
"I wish I had the talent to paint the way I feel about you, for my words always feel inadequate. I imagine using red for your passion and pale blue for your kindness; forest green to reflect the depth of your empathy and bright yellow for your unflagging optimism. And still I wonder: can even an artist's palette capture the full range of what you mean to me?"
"And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just let me be. I don't know how you knew, but you did, and you made it easier for me."
"My daddy saidthat the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, the feeling just never goes away."
"Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can."
"This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.I love you, T."
"...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment."
"Distance can ruin even the best of intentions.But I suppose it depends on how you look at it.Distance just adds a richness you would not otherwise get.People come. People go. They will drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book.When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their stories and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones. Not the ones from the past."
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"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."
"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
"Expectations create and shape reality."
"Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like ... When I saw a real diamond in a lady's ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of course, it was very lovely but it wasn't my idea of a diamond."
"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."
"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
"I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life."
"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
"The problem with many people is that they would plant a pear tree and expect it to bear some mango fruit."
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