"And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone."

Emotions, Love, Solitude, Acceptance, Emotion

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"And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone."

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"Anguish heart attack is tightly packed on to people with actions full of emotions and personal tragedies yet they can overcome it with personal self esteem and nice thinking."

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"She was a prism through with sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum."

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"The truth is "#9dream" is a descendant of "Norwegian Wood". Both are ghost stories. "She" in "Norwegian Wood" curses you with loneliness. The "Two spirits dancing so strange" in "#9dream" bless you with harmony. But people prefer loneliness to harmony."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

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"Acidity' happens when too much of acidic emotion is still suppressed inside, let go of it and the body will respond."

Harrish Sairaman, Indian Author

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"But I was - not quite happy. Pending happy. I knew this was not really my life, it was a borrowed life. One that I was temporarily wearing until I could sort out my own."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"They're saying that you and Sean Kendrick were burning up the cliffs." Tommy spins me again and grins at me. "And when I say you and Sean Kendrick, I mean you and Sean Kendrick. And by burning, I mean burning."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Ilse was suffering so keenly that she wanted to arraign the universe at the bar of her pain."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

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"Oh, Marilla, I thought I was happy before. Now I know that I just dreamed a pleasant dream of happiness. This is the reality."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

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"The lonely people have taught me, that I am not alone."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

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"It's not because I don't want to hurt Delia's feelings. It's because when she is bruised, I'm the one who aches."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

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"Aunt Elizabeth said, 'Do you expect to attend many balls, if I may ask?' and I said, 'Yes, when I am rich and famous.' and Aunt Elizabeth said, 'Yes, when the moon is made of green cheese."

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"Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help."

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"There is so much in the world for us if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it ourselves- so much in men and women, so much in art and literature, so much everywhere in which to delight, and for which to be thankful for."

Beauty, Gratitude, Love, Art

"I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't."

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"Anne reveled in the world of color about her."Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill--several thrills?"

Nature, Beauty, Joy, Life

"When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does."

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"I don't care a hang for any cat that hasn't stripes."

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"The point of good writing is knowing when to stop."

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"Even when I'm alone I have real good company - dreams and imaginations and pretendings. I like to be alone now and then, just to think over things and taste them. But I love friendships - and nice, jolly little times with people."

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