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Related (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY C. JOYBELL C. STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY HENRY JAMES DIETRICH BONHOEFFER C. JOYBELL C. STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH STUART HILL PAULO COELHO DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES What were they thinking? 'It's an alien apocalypse! Quick, grab the beer! RICK YANCEY LACTANTIUS From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life:THE PROPHET OF LIFE ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. The profound ability to use aural and written language has enabled our species to collectively explo... KATHERINE VUCICEVIC STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY GERALD R. FORD ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The doubt has the mysterious power to bring out the hidden reality of life. ANUJ SOMANY Hey you the "Supreme Power Within Myself" uplift my soul that I make no more mistakes and patiently ... NEHA KOTHARI If you look at a stream or river and close your eyes it will be amazing the flow of ideas that will ... GARY F EVANS... The power of man;Man does not only have the power to accomplish great & unbelievable things in life,... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Acknowledge and express your mistakes so you can prove to yourself and others that you can learn and... SERGIO ORTIZ CHARLES BUKOWSKI GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the Almighty, the Possessor of all power in He... ARTHUR W. PINK ANNE FRANK TAMMARA WEBBER LAILAH GIFTY AKITA FRANCINE RIVERS Some revelations have been reserved for the last days for God to accomplish His original plan. PST ADELAJA SUNDAY MICHAEL ENZI ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH C. JOYBELL C. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... TRENTON LEE STEWART KATE MIDDLETON KATE MIDDLETON ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH FRANCINE RIVERS FRANCINE RIVERS STEPHEN CHBOSKY No one will remember us, out footprints erased, our legacies wiped out, our children and their child... RICK YANCEY Abiding does not mean sitting idly by. It means resting in the work, resting in the moment, resting ... ROBIN BERTRAM No matter how great the love, the pain, the sadness, the power of a heart, no one can recreate the s... ONDJAKI JOHN GREEN The more God is glorified the more man is energic and the more satan is weak. INDONESIA123 JOHN PIPER We could live several lifetimes and never exhaust the power of our minds. DENIS HACHEY SEBASTIAN JUNGER Somebody once asked,how can I Love another? The reply he got was,do you love yourself? He replied ye... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY LEMONY SNICKET C. JOYBELL C. ...The lies we tell, and let ourselves believe, in the name of love.CARLA BUCKLEY A great future starts with what you can see SOTONYE ANGA C. JOYBELL C. STEPHEN CHBOSKY ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL CRAIG GROESCHEL GRAEME SIMSION PHILIP YANCEY A man drank and became drunk, next he said, now i am delivered from my enemies and then walked into ... SOTONYE ANGA DEYTH BANGER When a child dies, a parent loses a part of themselves,” he said. “Your whole world ceases to ex... NICOLE WILLIAMS STEPHEN CHBOSKY ERIK PEVERNAGIE NICHOLAS SPARKS
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RICK YANCEY Because we will die, but at least we will die unbroken. RICK YANCEY There's an old saying about the truth setting you free. Don't buy it. Sometimes the truth slams the ... RICK YANCEY I am a shark, Cassie," he says slowly, drawing the words out, as if he might be speaking to me for t... RICK YANCEY You can only call someone crazy if there’s someone else who’s normal. Like good and evil. If eve... RICK YANCEY That's what you do when the curtain is falling--you give the line that the audience wants to hear. RICK YANCEY I had it all wrong," he says. "Before I found you, I thought the only way to hold on was to find som... RICK YANCEY Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit. RICK YANCEY My foray into young adult lit was by no means planned. I wrote the first 'Alfred Kropp' book... RICK YANCEY Everything's going to be okay', because that's what I wanted him to say and it's what he wanted to s... RICK YANCEY When I cry - when I let myself cry - that's who I cry for. I don't cry for myself. I cry for the Cas... RICK YANCEY They made a major mistake," he blurted out, "the dumb bastards, when they didn't start by killing yo... RICK YANCEY Beyond their immaculate design, the reason sharks rule the ocean is their complete indifference to e... RICK YANCEY To conquer, you must endure not just your own suffering but the suffering of others. Indifference is... RICK YANCEY Some things you don't have to promise. You just do. RICK YANCEY When civilizations collide, it usually isn't the more primitive one that prevails. RICK YANCEY Ever since I was young, 14 or 15, I wondered if you could write a book that combined the visceral th... RICK YANCEY No one will remember us, out footprints erased, our legacies wiped out, our children and their child... RICK YANCEY I always feel trepidation at the beginning of every project. I worry about so many things. Time to g... RICK YANCEY We have a lot of distractions that come with homecoming week. Sylacauga got their first win the othe... FRED YANCEY We knew we had to contain Thompson's quarterback. They gave us a great effort defensively. FRED YANCEY This was a big win for us. I thought our kids did a great job playing wire-to-wire and working their... FRED YANCEY A moment comes in war when the last line must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold dear... RICK YANCEY I do not mean to mock or ridicule your life's work, for in one way at least it mimics my own: We hav... RICK YANCEY People die. Love endures. RICK YANCEY And I open to him, a flower to the rain. RICK YANCEY You know how we tell the good guys from the bad guys? The bad guys shoot at us."RICK YANCEY I want to learn from them. I want to do what I can to make a difference. JANAY YANCEY I think that will be amazing. It's always been a dream of mine to play big time volleyball. JANAY YANCEY I love the fact that they have a new coach. 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