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| A mathematical formula for... | A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations. Copy | ||
| and he suddenly knew... | and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn't live for very long without a heart. Copy | ||
| Every life has a... | Every life has a soundtrack. Copy | ||
| I love you," he... | I love you," he whispered, and that was the moment he knew what he was going to do. When you loved someone, you put their needs before your own. No matter how inconceivable those needs were; no matter how fucked up; no matter how much it made you feel like you were ripping yourself into pieces. Copy | ||
| I think many of... | I think many of my books, including 'Handle with Care,' including 'My Sister's Keeper,' circle back to how far are we willing to go for the people we love? I think love changes the way we think. It's the thing that takes you out of what your normal set of beliefs would be. Copy | ||
| I woke up one... | I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack. Copy | ||
| I wondered what happened... | I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same. Copy | ||
| I, um, I have... | I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you. Copy | ||
| If you gave someone... | If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled? Copy | ||
| I'm lonely. Why do... | I'm lonely. Why do you think I had to learn to act so independent? I also get mad too quickly, and I hog the covers, and my second toe is longer than my big one. My hair has it's own zip code. Plus, I get certifiably crazy when I've got PMS. You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not. Copy | ||
| My mother… she is... | My mother… she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. Copy | ||
| The best place to... | The best place to cry is on a mother's arms. Copy | ||
| The damage was permanent;... | The damage was permanent; there would always be scars. But even the angriest scars faded over time until it was difficult to see them written on the skin at all, and the only thing that remained was the memory of how painful it had been. Copy | ||
| The music we listen... | The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a good start. Copy | ||
| There are two ways... | There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations. Copy | ||
| When you love someone... | When you love someone you let them take care of you. Copy | ||
| When you love someone,... | When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. Copy | ||
| You don't love someone... | You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. Copy | ||
| You know it's never... | You know it's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails along for the ride. Copy |
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