The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.

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there is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock

Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.

Curran looked back at me. "Why is it you always attract creeps?"<br /> <br /> "You tell me." Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

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Don't touch her," he growled.<br /> There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had been directed toward me. He shoved me behind him, putting his body...

This is a love story. I never knew there were so many kinds of love or that love could make people do so many different things.<br /> <br /> I never knew there were...

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

I’m going to grab a cheeseburger,” I told Patch. “Want anything?”<br /> “Nothing on the menu.”<br /> I smiled. “Why, Patch, are you flirting with me?”

Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love

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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is...

Falling for him would be like cliff diving. It would be either the most exhilarating thing that ever happened to me or the stupidest mistake I’d ever make.

A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets.

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