As a rule of thumb, I'd say one cliché per [Romance]--and then be damn sure you can make it work. But if you're going to try to write the virginal amnesiac twin disguised as a boy mistaken for the mother (or father depending how well the disguise works) of a secret baby, honey, you better have some serious skills. Or seek therapy.
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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 There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES As an opener, I'd like to state that elves are certainly NOT cliché. It doesn't matter if they all ... ROBERT FANNEY As a rule of thumb the average back-to-work time for non-supported individuals is six or more months... MARGARET STEAD One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you di... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that yo... JULIA CAMERON The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much th... ADAM DAVIDSON Would you want you as a friend? PETER STROPLE What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA You have to believe in a placebo or it won't work, but if it works, it's obviously working i... CHARLES JENCKS Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place... ANKITA SINGHAL If they have those basic skills, like doing a spreadsheet, or just typing on the computer, then that... DAVE SEVICK Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT The rule of thumb is that you dress one or two levels higher than the job that you're going for. If ... KATE WENDLETON As commissioner I have the skills to negotiate and the skills to work with and through people and to... BILL DODSON When you have a performer as talented as Bill Murray or as Harold, that can write as well as they ca... IVAN REITMAN Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God crea... CRAIG GROESCHEL Everything you write makes you better. But if you really need a tip, here's one: a good story be... CHRIS WOODING Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW People often say that a bad event is a 'blessing in disguise.' Trust me, experience will tea... TOM FRESTON Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY 2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to devel... JAMES C. DOBSON My rule of thumb is that if I am interested or intrigued by something, others will be as well. WOLF BLITZER Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for al... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If you’re scared, tell me. If you need to cry and scream, then do it. And you sure as hell don’t... KATIE MCGARRY To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR As a forecasting rule of thumb, the yield curve has been pretty good but it may not be a good rul... DORSEY FARR How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because som... SY LEON The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because som... SY LEON It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOO... OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't... BRIAN SELZNICK She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR You've got to make sure every decision you make is right for you as a person. If you think you c... ALAN SMITH Be careful of people who are always telling you how much they love you. Although it may be true, in ... AVIS JOHN You can point out to people how to make what they do better, but you can't teach somebody how to be ... RICHARD PRICE Most of the time it is just better to step out of bounds. You just have to be a smart player. You ar... BEN TROUPE I've hardly had an avant-garde career... If you're going to make a film, you have to try to ... ALAN J. PAKULA If you say you're going to do something, you better damn well do it. ERIC SWALWELL The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Indeed, the best way to think of willpower is not as some shapeless behavioral trait but as a sort o... JEFFREY KLUGER Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. ... KURT VONNEGUT If you've never had a mother or a father, you grow up seeking something you're never going t... GLORIA VANDERBILT How do you try to play 'Captain Hook' better than, or as well as, Dustin Hoffman? You can... COLIN O'DONOGHUE I feel so honored to be able to say "What I do is for my son" without that being an excuse to do stu... C. JOYBELL C. The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in its... FLANNERY O'CONNOR For example, in Paris, if one desires to buy something, you enter the store and say "Good morning, s... CRAIG FERGUSON Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say... MARK MORRIS So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try to f... GEORGE SAUNDERS The point of college is more to acquire skills than to acquire domain knowledge. One of the skills t... DAN PINK The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... To know wisdom is to be all knowledgeable ,to use that knowledge for the greater good is to no that ... GARY F EVANS... I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something i... COURTENEY COX There are many different things in this world to hide, but a secret is not one of them. It is diffic... LEMONY SNICKET When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to ma... DOLLY PARTON Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a sh... EPICTETUS If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... CRAIG GROESCHEL I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK If you have a question, ask. How do you ask? Say it or write it SOTONYE ANGA I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you kno... BEN HOROWITZ I have a lot of players with a lot of potential. My team is getting better and better, but I prefer ... CO ADRIAANSE How did we end the summer ... stuck between a Roberts and a hard place? We've spent months poring ov... ELLEN GOODMAN When they are away, you will often look for the baby doll, but it is not always there, where it is s... TERRY BAIN
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So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see;
So blit... NORA PERRY If pregnancy were a book, they would cut the last two chapters. NORA EPHRON Every so often, I turn on the television and see one of the movement leaders being asked some idiot ... NORA EPHRON Women are being considered as candidates for Vice President of the United States because it is the w... NORA EPHRON The major concrete achievement of the women's movement of the 1970's was the Dutch treat. NORA EPHRON If pregnancy were a book they would cut out the last two chapters NORA EPHRON I have always thought it was a terrible shame that the women's movement didn't realise how m... NORA EPHRON When we initially did the game, it still had lava pits, the editor looked like an ogre - stuff like ... NORA PAUL I'm a good cook, and I look at something like 'Iron Chef' and think, 'It's a goo... NORA EPHRON Here are some questions I am constantly fretting over: Do you splurge, or do you hoard? Do you live ... 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I'm always telling her she's a fraud: Everyone thinks she's fragile and humorles... NORA EPHRON I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are. NORA EPHRON With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest in... NORA EPHRON You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets NORA EPHRON New Orleans is one of the two most ingrown, self-obsessed little cities in the United States. (The o... NORA EPHRON There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they are usually the same l... NORA EPHRON The major concrete achievement of the women's movement in the 1970s was the Dutch treat NORA EPHRON It seemed to me that the desire to get married - which, I regret to say, I believe is basic and prim... NORA EPHRON We have lived through the era when happiness was a warm puppy, and the era when happiness was a dry ... NORA EPHRON Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but t... NORA EPHRON One thing that happens because adults are uncomfortable is we use a lot of euphemisms. Those can jus... NORA GELPERIN It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, ''They lived happily ever af... NORA EPHRON [A successful parent is one] who raises a child who grows up and is able to pay for his or her own p... NORA EPHRON Get It Done Fast, Cost Effective and With Professional Results to Outsource Your Medical Data Entry ... SOPHIA NORA In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind. NORA EPHRON Sometimes I believe that some people are better at love than others, and sometimes I believe that ev... NORA EPHRON What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would d... NORA EPHRON I have spent a great deal of my life discovering that my ambitions and fantasies - which I once thou... 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