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"Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then?"
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"There is nothing wrong with being wrong."

"Always try to avoid repeating the same mistakes, the price that you haveto pay is often too high."

"It is morally acceptable in life for one to make mistakes, it only enables you to go back to your drawing board and review your steps."

"Oh, I know I'm a great trial to you, Marilla," said Anne repentantly. "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might."

"I know, i know. You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by. Man, when I was younger I shoved my ignorance in people's faces. They beat me with sticks. By the times I was fort my blunt instrument has been honed to a fine cutting point for me. If you hid your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn."

"If there was anything I learned from John the Baptist, it was that the sooner you confess a mistake, the quicker you can get on to making new and better mistakes."

"To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace."
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"I'll never let it happen. I'll do everything in my power to keep my sister at home.'I don't want to have a civilized discussion. My parents want to send my sister to a facility behind my back and my head feels like it's about to split open. Leave me alone, okay?'Something is sticking out of my pocket. It's Alex's bandanna. Isabel isn't a friend, yet she helped me. And Alex, a boy who cared about me last night more than my own boyfriend did, acted as my hero and is urging me to be real. Do I even know how to be real?I clutch the bandanna to my chest.And I allow myself to cry."


"I thought we were gonna take this relationship slow.''A back rub is harmless.'My eyes roam over her kick-ass bikini-covered bod. 'I'll have you know I've been intimate with girls wearin' a lot more."


"Listen, I don't know what the hell happened between you and Marco. To be honest I don't really want to know, 'cause if I did I'd probably want to kick the shit outta him.'I don't need you to protect me.'What if I want to?"


"I lead Paco through the house. We pass Shelley in the family room looking at some magazine. 'Shelley, this is Paco. He's Alex's friend. Paco, this is my sister, Shelley.'At the mention of Alex's name, Shelley gives a happy squeal.'Hey, Shelley,' Paco says.Shelley smiles wide.'Shell-bell, I need you to do me a favor.' Shelley bobs her head in response as I whisper, 'I need you to keep Mom occupied while I talk to Paco.'Shelley grins, and I know my sister will come through for me."
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