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These were the moments when adulthood was formed, not a birthday but the realization that she was now the one pouring a handful of candy into children's bags, that she was now the one expected to give, not receive.

—Brit Bennett in The Mothers

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I didn't know you would be here last night, but you were. We can't fight fate. Instead, we must accept that fate has given us a special opportunity.

—Lisa See in Peony in Love

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Happiness is a strange, frightening, fragile feeling when you're not used to it.

—Amanda Bouchet in A Promise of Fire

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I loved him. I loved this man so much that losing him was going to break my cold, dead heart into so many pieces I was just going to have to stick them in the same box I kept my dreams and carry it around with me forever.

—Mariana Zapata in From Lukov with Love

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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

—Thomas Jefferson

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What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?

—Fred Allen

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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.

—W. Somerset Maugham

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The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom.

—Osho in Courage

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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

—Pablo Picasso

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When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.

—Alan Alda

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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

—William Makepeace Thackeray

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How pleasant to escape for an hour or two into the company of a treasured friend.

—Julie Klassen in The Secret of Pembrooke Park

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When you ignore a man's blatant disrespect it only guarantees it will continue.

—Leslie Braswell in Get the Guy

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That was the trouble of telling someone all your truths. They could use them to tear you apart.

—Brenda Novak in Sweet Seduction Boxed Set

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I had feared that love would make me vulnerable. Instead I felt empowered.

—Amy Plum in Die for Me

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