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"Mum is a perfectionist and Dad is a pedant and that was partly why their marriage didn't work so well, Elsa figures. Because a perfectionist and a pedant are two very different things."
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"Marriage is like a well - built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own."
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"Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling."
"There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them."
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"Around them, the dawn gently wakes Borg like someone breathing into the ear of someone they love. With sun and promises. Tickling light falls over warm duvets, like the smell of freshly brewed coffee and toasted bread. It shouldn't be doing this. It's the wrong day to be beautiful, but the dawn doesn't care."
"I just mean ... damn ... this might sound a bit crazy, but sometimes you can't help wondering if we don't take all this a bit too seriously. If we aren't putting too much pressure on the juniors. They're not really much more than ... kids.'...'That depends what we want from the kids. And what the kids want from hockey."
"You should choose your battles if you can, but if the battle chooses you then kick the sod in his fuse box!"
"Grow up and be different and don't let anyone tell you not to be different, because all superheroes are different."
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"At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life?"
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