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"Andy once clipped a magazine article about how black dogs are always the last to be adopted at shelters and, therefore, more likely to be put down. Which is totally Dog Racism, if you ask me."
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"Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are."

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."

"Empathize with others. You may easily get into a situation where you need the understanding of others."

"There's nothing wrong or evil about having a bad day. There's everything wrong with making others have to have it... with you."

"Like officer Dave.He's never said much about his life, but I can tell he's scarred. And he knows I'm scarred too. The wounded always recognize the wounded. We can smell each other."

"There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs."

"The tears of my eyes watered your heart but failed to evoke a response from the barren grounds of what beats in you. They will still come and I will welcome them because they contain you."

"Tears are a form of communication - like speech - and require a listener."

"People die from lack of shared empathy and affinity. By establishing social connectedness, we give hope a chance and the other can become heaven. ['Le ciel c'est l'autre']"
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"I mean, really. Who sends their kid to boarding school? It's so Hogwarts. Only mine doesn't have cute boy wizards or magic candy or flying lessons."

"He's exasperated. 'I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year!"

"I just can't fathom why anyone would stand on a ledge when there's a respectable amount of walking space right next to it."

"He snuffles. Oh, no.He's not going to cry, is he? Because even though it's sweet when guys cry, I am so not prepared for this.Girl scouts didn't teach me what to do with emotionally unstable drunk boys."

"Imagine,' she said, after registering, 'a whole city of gorgeous Italian guys. They can say anything to me, and it'll be sexy.' 'You'll be so easy,' Rashmi said. 'Would you like-ah to order-ah the spa-ghe-tti? 'Oh, do me, Marco!"

"St. Clair gets a crush on Anna. He's torn between her and Ellie, and he spends so much time running between them that he hardly has time left for Josh. And the more time that Josh spends alone, the more he realizes how alone he actually is. All of his friends will be gone the next year. Josh grows increasingly antagonistic toward school, which makes Rashmi increasingly antagonistic toward him, which makes him increasingly antagonistic toward her. And she's upset because Elie dropped her as a friend, and Meredith is upset because now St. Clair likes two girls who aren't her, and Anna is upset because St. Clair is leading her on, and then St. Clair's mom gets cancer. It's a freaking soap opera."

"Autumn is coming. For as long as I can remember, I've talked to the moon. Asked her for her guidance. There's something deeply spiritual about her waxing and waning. She wears a new dress every evening, yet she's always herself.And she's always there."
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