The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.


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My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.
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The fact is, I love him. He's the boy I want and one day he'll be MINE.
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Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.
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We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do.
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One of the biggest mistakes girls can make concerning their romantic life is sitting around waiting ...
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There will be no more British guys. Unless they are members of the royal family, of course.
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Are you flirting with me?
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Yeah,” Nicole said, her straw noisily hitting the
bottom of her Gut Buster. “Well, I would ...
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The term “forgive and forget” doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelli...
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Don't ever let them tell you that you're too stupid to do something. I'm not saying it's going to be...
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I felt as if the Milky Way, hovering above our heads like a celestial pitcher, had suddenly overturn...
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It's what's known as an origin myth.
What happened to me? That's no myth.
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„Everyone wants to believe that there’s something else – something great – waiting for them ...
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I thought you'd like it," he said, seeming hurt. "You look very pretty.
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I needed another soda. I’d only had six since breakfast.
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When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone t...
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There’s no accountability anymore, Pierce, no one holds anyone accountable for what they do. It’...
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What's the point? was my attitude. We're all just going to die and then NOT be let on the boat.
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What did that mean? Where could it go? He was a death diety. I was a high school senior.
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It’s one thing to protect yourself,” Dad yelled at me during our very next lunch. “That I get....
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I don't really know. I've never rescued a girl I love from the Furies before." He looked alarmed as ...
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Honey, some boys stopped by to see you. They had wood.
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I didn't even think about suggesting he take the boots off. There'd probably be a apocalypse or some...
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I'll tell you what you can do," he said, stopping abruptly. Now he did reach out to grip both my sho...
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So take my advice: whatever you do? Don’t blink
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You just said you were sorry."

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"I was only apologizing," he said stiffly, ...
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You didn't," John said, stepping from the shadows as he clapped for me, "even hit your head this tim...
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He let his mouth linger on mine, neither possessively nor sweetly... like his mouth just belonged th...
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No Hello.
No Hi, Pierce. Nice right hook you have there.
No It's lovely t...
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Why would John bother using windows or doors like a normal person? Why would he bother to say hello?...
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Anything can happen in the blink of an eye. Anything at all.
One.
Two.
Three.
Bl...
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But really, the term “forgive and forget” doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to...
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Don't cry."
"How can I not?" I asked him. "You just said you loved me."
"Well, why else di...
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Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you...
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Hey,” he said, leaning back in his chair and spreading his legs wide.
“I’m more than wil...
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That’s the problem with your generation, Amelia. You all want happy endings.”
I was so stu...
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It wasn’t me,” Lars supplied, from the front seat. “I didn’t tell.”
“Of course it ...
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The people who are your friends before you got the crown are the people who are going to be your bes...
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Mia, I'm not sorry. And I'll wait.
Love, Michael.
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Oh my God. Oh my God, J.P. is in love with me. And we blew up the school.
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Michael has never cried during a Broadway show. Except in that scene where Tarzan's ape father is br...
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My mother's psychologist says I have an overactive anger switch, but people just keep pissing me off...
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But if that was really true, why in the name of all that is holy would anyone have ever liked Nikki ...
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What is the appropriate reply to make to a man who says he loves you?
Thank you. You are very k...
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You know what you sound like? A jealous girl friend.
And how are things on Planet You Wish?
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Tell me Jesse, does she sigh when you kiss her too
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This,” Alaric explained to Sarah in what he thought was a kindly voice, “isn’t love you’re f...
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I just want to let you know that when I look into my future, I see nothing but you.” That’s what...
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The minute the text-messaging icon went up on my Web site, teens were talking about it on my message...
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Chaz looks me dead in the eye and says, 'Why yes, Lizzie. I’m manically depressed because the girl...
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Without experience it's difficult to get clients.
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