"I know you've been through an ordeal, but you don't want to start drowning yourself in liquor. You'll find that it's easy to do, but by the time you realize it could start to be a problem, you're already over that cliff."

Recovery, Addiction, Warning, Choice, Healing

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"I know you've been through an ordeal, but you don't want to start drowning yourself in liquor. You'll find that it's easy to do, but by the time you realize it could start to be a problem, you're already over that cliff."

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"The old days are dead and gone days. For what I did in the past I have been punished. I have been cured."

Anthony Burgess, English Novelist

Recovery, Past, Healing, Change, Forgiveness

"If I've learned one lesson from all that's happened to me, it's that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out."

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"You don't dwell on what you've lost, you just move on."

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Anne Lamott, American Author

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"We all make mistakes, the danger lies in letting those mistakes make us. Make us believe we can't put things right. Make us think there's no hope. Make us give up."

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"Healing ultimately comes down to whether or not you have made the decision to do so."

Gary Hopkins, American Author

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Chris Prentiss, American Author

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"Basically, dating is like climbing a volcano and you never know when it's going to erupt, dumping molten lava and burning you."

Robin Bielman, American Novelist

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"Even if things were broken right now. Sometimes it was the cracks that let the light in."

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"Draw: For the most part, a draw occurs when it appears that neither side will win."

Balance

"Why let me heal when you'll just break me anyway?'Because breaking you is half the fun."

Pain

"His power sings to your blood. I witnessed your reaction to him just now. He'll be a king in a few years... And you'll be his queen."

Romance

"I'd been just like her, a youngster with something to say, a rebel through street art, leaving my mark on public buildings, to taunt the government and humor the public."

Art

"Ever since I drank your blood, my head has been crazy... I won't lie. The connection gives me a lot of power over you. I could read your thoughts and speak to you wherever I am, even several miles away."

Power

"And you're absolutely breathtaking."

Beauty

"Everyone nodded in silent agreement, and then one by onedisappeared into the castle's dark shadowswhere night met blackened airand creepy thingswhispered the most haunting words into the wind."

Fear

"How do I know you're not the killer? MeShack asked.A smirk plastered on Zulu's face. 'Because you would've been the first victim."

Humor

"Nothing is bigger than art."

Art

"Asleep? That's what she is right now? Pure menace laced his words. 'And when you decide to answer that question, Kane, be sure that you answer this with great care. I for one see you as my friend. We've never had problems. But now you've met my Melody, and problems cannot be avoided. So when I ask you, is she asleep, be sure that you give me a clear answer, because different ones will result in your death and the slashing away of every fucking person you know."

Conflict