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“People left a lot of things behind when they went in the water. Their clothes, their stuff, their makeup, their fixed-up hair, their voices, their hearing, their sightat least as the normally exper...”
“The weather turned. Her skin seemed to grow a million extra pores, and all of them opened to take in the warmth and tenderness of the air. The sun on her face made her want to cry. Into all those m...”
“Life is fun. celebrate. If you aren't being kicked, the world probably thinks you are dead anyways.”
“I feel like I should love them right away. But how do you do that? You can't make yourself love someone, can you?”
“Alice suspected Paul couldnt really picture his father, just like she couldnt picture Paul when he was away. Maybe that was the case with people you wanted more than was good for you.”
“Her need was as big as the stars, and he was down there on the beach, so quiet she could hardly hear him.”
“You could feel things or you could find a way to shut down. But once you were feeling things, you couldnt decide exactly what to feel. That was the trouble with letting them in at all. They made a ...”
“I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.”
“There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.”
“The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.”
“Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around ...”
“I am having a good time doing nothing.”
“What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.”
“Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your cl...”
“Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.”
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.”
“Those were the people who made her something, and without them she was different. She'd held on to them and to that old self tenaciously, though. She clung to it, celebrated it, worshipped it even,...”
“There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him.”
“I wanted to let my conscience go, and see how deep I fall.I wanted to let the devil take over, and see if I survive.I love you, Mriga. And for you, I will die.Tonight.”
“She went around with a broken heart, and she wasn't sure who'd broken it. She thought it was herself, mostly.”
