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We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.

—Cullen Hightower

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For the first time in my entire life, I understand what it means to be with someone who will give and not just take.

—Helena Hunting in Pucked Off

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One of the hardest things to accept when someone you love dies is that life goes on.

—Linda Castillo in Long Lost

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I refused to lose my heart to someone who was incapable of giving me his.

—Helen Hardt in Craving

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In the beginning there is not much difference between the coward and the courageous person. The only difference is, the coward listens to his fears and follows them, and the courageous person puts them aside and goes ahead.

—Osho in Courage

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Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.

—Craig Thompson in Blankets

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It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

—P. G. Wodehouse

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Always choose yourself first. Women are very socialized to choose other people. If you put yourself first, it's this incredible path you can forge for yourself.

—Rebecca Traister in All the Single Ladies

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So little time. We have so little time on this earth with the people we love.

—Tess Gerritsen in Harvest

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I thought it was good to test yourself sometimes. It was good to see how much you could take.

—Carol Rifka Brunt in Tell the Wolves I'm Home

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That's what falling in love really amounted to, your brain on drugs. Adrenaline and dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. Chemical insanity, celebrated by poets.

—Tess Gerritsen in Last to Die

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Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

—Debbie Macomber in Twenty Wishes

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There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.

—Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar

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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.

—Victor Hugo

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I laughed because he told me funny stories and it was so easy and light. I realized how long it has been since I've enjoyed that most simple of pleasures: company and conversation on a sunny afternoon.

—Kate Morton in The Secret Keeper

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