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Self-love, self-respect, self-approval, and self-worth do not equal self-ish.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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There's so much more to life than finding someone who will want you, or being sad over someone who doesn't. There's a lot of wonderful time to be spent discovering yourself without hoping someone will fall in love with you along the way, and it doesn't need to be painful or empty. You need to fill yourself up with love. Not anyone else. Become a whole being on your own. Go on adventures, fall asleep in the woods with friends, wander around the city at night, sit in a coffee shop on your own, write on bathroom stalls, leave notes in library books, dress up for yourself, give to others, smile a lot. Do all things with love, but don't romanticize life like you can't survive without it. Live for yourself and be happy on your own. It isn't any less beautiful.

—Emery Allen

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A daydreamer is prepared for most things.

—Joyce Carol Oates

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You would be surprised at the lengths you will go to believe the best about someone if you truly love him.

—Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller

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I don't think you understand how easy it is to make a mistake that will cost you forever.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You

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For too long, I've been telling myself that I could spend all this time with you and flirt with you and not have it mean anything. It does mean something. You mean something to me.

—Claudia Gray in Stargazer

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The future will be better tomorrow.

—Dan Quayle

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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

—Albert Schweitzer

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The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

—Mae West

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Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them.

—Pam Davis

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Every hero becomes a bore at last.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Reality continues to ruin my life.

—Bill Watterson

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The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

—Helen Rowland

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The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

—Xenophon

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