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Sometimes letting go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.

—Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth

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I want—no—I need him in my life. In the short time of knowing him, he has flipped my world around, more than once. He can make me angry, sad and confused all in the same minute, but he can also make me the happiest I've ever been. Being around him is exciting and dangerous and I like it…I like him.

—Skyla Madi in Consumed

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A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .

—Unknown

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For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

—Clifton Fadiman

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All nature is but art unknown to thee.

—Alexander Pope

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She knew that this was happiness, this was living as she had always wished to live.

—Daphne du Maurier in Frenchman's Creek

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What was it about relationships that made you feel so vulnerable? Oh, right. A relationship. In any relationship, you put yourself out there. You exposed all of your sensitive nerve endings and your heart and you just had to hope that you trusted the right person.

—Courtney Cole in Every Last Kiss

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A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

—W. C. Fields

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I didn't think; I experimented.

—Anthony Burgess

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I don't paint to live, I live to paint.

—Willem de Kooning

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When he left, you spent all your energy holding on to him. You could be happy if you let go.

—Stephenie Meyer in Eclipse

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We'd had this one night where we really connected…and the next day, I just shut down on him. It was so stupid of me.

—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride

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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

—Groucho Marx

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I couldn't forgive him. My anger was the only thing keeping me from hating myself.

—Alyssa Rose Ivy in Derailed

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The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

—Norman Mailer

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