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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 is no death in remembrance. Remember me, Sarah. Remember me, and a part of me will always be w... KATHLEEN KENT 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 You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES For those that don't know, my sister was born with Down Syndrome, and she was institutionalized ... NIKKI SIXX Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's s... AYELET WALDMAN 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 Even in that short time he had seen that Anne had great power. She did not care if she quarreled wit... PHILIPPA GREGORY the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell... JUSTIN PYFROM My mum had 14 pregnancies - but only four of us survived. We had a little sister born for a few days... TYSON FURY My mother was a union member. She was a mail carrier, a rural mail carrier. She called herself a ... SAM BROWNBACK I had a woman call me this morning in tears because her daughter was named Katrina, ... and she was ... FRANK LEPORE Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons... JANE AUSTEN The mightiest power of death is not that it can make people die, but that it can make the people you... FREDRIK BACKMAN Closed eyes, heart not beating, but a living love. AVIS COREA She had a very difficult life. Her mother gave her away when she was little, and the man who took he... BERNARDO BATIZ 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 Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA My mother started out by being a very good girl. She did everything that was expected of her, and it... RUTH REICHL History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I believe in you, my darling. I believe in you." He closed his eyes. And when he opened th... ELIZABETH HOYT I sat her one time, just to make an example out of her. It was on a Saturday and she came to practic... GARY CRANE You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in ... SARA BLAKELY Whatever shred of hope he'd had for a future with her was gone. She still felt something for him, sh... SARAH J. MAAS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES He just threatened [the sister]. Apparently he told her he would kill her if she said anything. She ... TOM SMART I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deep... ROBERT WINSTON I suppose poets have written sonnets for a thousand years about being in love. A lot of people say, ... ROBERT BLAKE But it was a happy and beautiful bride who came down the old, homespun- carpeted stairs that Se... L.M. MONTGOMERY After all, Betty was ill and she was her sister, and she wouldn't be able to shave her legs for week... EVA IBBOTSON Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER One year later the society claimed victory in another case which again did not fit within the parame... TROUBLE AND STRIFE But my mother was aglow. She had a continuing fascination with celebrities, and now she had one of h... STEVE MARTIN The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS She tried to tear herself away from him. The effort broke against his arms that had not felt it. Her... AYN RAND Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA She was in a panic; she was totally panicked. She had four kids all ready to go to school and they w... LINDA BLAIRFORTH My mom is one of my role models in a complicated way. I learned from her how to be a good mom. She w... LESLIE MORGAN STEINER She had fire dancing in her eyes as she assaulted him with her serpent's tongue. Tonight she was not... SHAKUITA JOHNSON My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, w... KATE CHRISTENSEN The Father and His Two Daughters
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