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If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?

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Raw love, like raw heart-ache, could blindside you.

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The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming blow.

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Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river.

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What she really meant was: here is my heart, have a care.

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He gently touched his mother's cheek, felt her sorrow slip over his fingertips.

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Losing Chloe had been like reading a wonderfulook only to realize that all the pages past a certain point were blank.

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I think we deserve a happily-ever-after.""If anyone ever did, it's us.

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Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.

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For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.

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You can argue that it's a different world now than the one when Matthew Shepard was killed, but there is a subtle difference between tolerance and acc...more

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You have to understand what you’re missing before you can really feel a loss.

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So you know what mean when I say that I don't think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You're just pulled to that person like true north, whether ...more

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Someone real," I hear myself saying. "Someone who never has to pretend, and who I never have to pretend around. Someone who's smart, but knows how to ...more

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When I see him, his frame filling the doorway, I do not feel passion, excitement. I can't remember if I ever have. He makes me feel comfortable, like ...more