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"You can't keep her.I know that. But I'm not ready to give her up just yet."
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"Anything you assume ownership of, it will strike back at you. Ultimately, even at the time of death, whomever you've had excessive intent of ownership, it will all become painful."
"There were about seventy-nine squillion people in the world, and if you were very lucky, you would end up being loved by fifteen or twenty of them."
"Nothing and no one had ever belonged to him and only him-except Legion. Not that she would do anything necessary to save him, nor would he do anything necessary to save her. But. Yeah, there was always a but with him. He had been her first lover-and he wanted to be her last."
"All the so-called philosophical notion of "love without attachment or "detached love are biologically non-existent on this planet. We humans are biologically designed through millions of years of evolution to grow attachment. Love cannot survive without attachment."
"Life cannot be without relationship, but we have made it so agonizing and hideous by basing it on personal and possessive love. Can one love and yet not possess? You will find the true answer not in escape, ideals, beliefs but through the understanding of the causes of dependence and possessiveness."
"Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal."
"If attachment becomes fixed on a 'Gnani' [The enlightened one], then it becomes Real attachment (prashastaraag). It will get one's work done. It will uproot attachment in all other places. Because the Gnani is Vitarag, attachment-free. Attachment for a Vitarag gives liberation from all the suffering."
"Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters."
"Once an opinion is formed, there will be attachment-abhorrence. A person without opinion is also without attachment-abhorrence."
"When attachment increases too much, dislike will arise."
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"Fifty percent of all doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class - Hope your surgery went well!"
"Just so you know, I'm goin' to enlist.'I'm proud of you. But why?I groan against the pain but manage to give him a half smile. 'I want to make sure Kiara's got a boyfriend who has more to offer than a hot bod and a face that could make angels weep."
"Thoughts of being a pirate and stealing her away to my ship race across my mind. Although I'm not a pirate, and she's not my captured princess."
"This is a team of gay dudes, isn't it?'What gave it away? The pink shirts, or half our team drooling over you?"
"The percentage of couples who stay together after high school is, like, less than five percent, you guys."
"She ignores me, so I cup my hands over my mouth and do something I haven't done in years- barnyard sounds."
"Shelley,' I say. 'You should've let him win. You know, to be polite.' Shelley's response is a shake of her head. Applesauce drips on her chin. 'That's the way it's going to be, huh?' I say, hoping the scene doesn't gross Alex out. Maybe I'm testing him, to see if he can handle a glimpse of my home life. If so, he's passing. 'Wait until Alex leaves. I'll show you who the checkers champion is.'My sister smiles that sweet, crooked smile of hers. It's like a thousand words put into one expression. For a moment I forget Alex is still watching me. It's so weird having him inside my life and my house. He doesn't belong, yet he doesn't seem to mind being here."
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