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Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

—Theodor W. Adorno

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Someone once told me love isn't perfect—or predictable.

—Lauren Morrill in Meant to Be

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She always says she doesn't believe women should get married before the age of thirty-five. She says women change so much in their twenties, they can't possibly know who they are, and the choices they make before the age of thirty are rarely good ones.

—Jane Green in Another Piece of My Heart

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Don't think about the problems. Think about the possibilities. This could be the beginning of something amazing.

—Barbara Freethy in Golden Lies

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I understood that pain was real and sometimes things didn't last. Sometimes you just had to enjoy it while it lasts and cherish it when it's gone.

—Abbi Glines in While It Lasts

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Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.

—Sir Julian Huxley

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Let not the sands of time get in your lunch.

—National Lampoon

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No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.

—Thomas Mann

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Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

—Ambrose Bierce

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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

—J. Paul Getty

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Love has no conscience. It doesn't know right or wrong. It's a feeling you can't shake that penetrates your soul, and it cannot be broken. If you're truly in love with this girl, that's not going to change no matter what your life circumstances are. Time will tell whether it's true love or not. If it is, you won't be able to live without her. End of story.

—Penelope Ward in Jake Undone

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Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

—Kristin Hannah in Night Road

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I've found that life is just too short to be anything other than positive. When something isn't going the way you want it to, then you have to switch gears and make a change.

—Melody Anne in The Billionaire Wins the Game

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You can accept his excuses all you want, but you have to ask yourself, is this the relationship you want to be in? He may be into you, he may not, but the only thing you have to answer is, is this how you want to feel, perhaps forever?

—Greg Behrendt in He's Just Not That Into You

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