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SHANDA SHARLOW I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor? MOTHER TERESA Archangel Michael: "You are stronger than you think you are. Admitting what you want doesn't have to... KIMBERLY DAWN Christ says: I know you through and through – I know everything about you. The very hairs of your ... MOTHER TERESA No! I don't want to speak of that! But I'm going to. I want you to hear. I want you to know what's i... AYN RAND You know that moment when you hug somebody, when your heart feels warm and high in your chest and ti... JAKE VANDER-ARK Just because you don't know what you want yet, it doesn't mean that there's nothing to want. EMILY HENRY He went before or after me. I'll say before, I don't want you to tell me (just) any name, I want you... HAMID HAYAT I want to be everything you love about me and nothing you don't. LAURA E. BRUSSEAU Just love me, Harry. That's what I wanted to say. Love me like you used to. Like I was special inste... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS You loved me—then what right had you to leave me? What right—answer me—for the poor fancy you ... EMILY BRONTë It´s natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them... JOHN IRVING You teach me now how cruel you've been - cruel and false. Why did you despise me? Why did you betray... EMILY BRONTë I love what I do, and when you love what you do, you want to be the best at it. JAY-Z I never know what people want to hear when they say that stuff. And it’s not like anything about m... J.L. MERROW I want you to love me.” I said softly. “But if not, then I want to be the closest thing to you l... J.J. MCAVOY Do you know what I feel about you, Devin? About us?...Dazzled, you dazzle me. You make me feel thing... NORA ROBERTS how far have you walked for men who’ve never held your feet in their laps? how often have you... WARSAN SHIRE All you make me want to do by your answers is know more about what the hell you do. 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