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Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey.

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if you were quiet and blended into the background, you were less likely to make waves

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The truth was, history repeated itself on a daily basis; mistakes were made over and over. People were haunted by what they had done, and by what they...more

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If I had to tell you how humans made their way to Earth, it would go like this: In the beginning, there was nothing at all but the moon and the sun. A...more

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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 s...more

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She puts her hands on either side of my face, and the room falls away. I have never gotten so lost in a kiss before. And then, the space between us ex...more

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Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall.

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You live and let live, eventually that becomes enough.

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I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family l...more

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I realize that I quite like this girl. It’s not just that she’s so pretty the words fly out of my mind before they can leave my mouth—it’s that when w...more

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Isn’t that what true romance is supposed to be about? Finding the person who’s your soul mate. Someone you dream about at night.Someone whose name is ...more

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...courage wasn’t something you were bequeathed at birth, and it wasn’t a lack of fright. It was overcoming your fear, because the ones you love matte...more

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Was that all it took to be brave? Knowing that someone believed in you?

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But there’s a part of me that wonders what it would be like to be the most important person to someone else, to always feel like you were missing a pi...more

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but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. So how do you tell an adult that maybe everythin...more