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    Jarod Kintz
    “She didn't say it, I only thought she said it. So really it was my thought, my words, and not hers. How could I confuse "I love you" with "May I take your order?”
    ― Jarod Kintz, Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.
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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoevsky
    tags: communication, confusion
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    J.D. Salinger
    “And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.”
    ― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
    tags: ambivalence, confusion, grief, happiness
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    Brian Krans
    “There I was, cold, isolated and desperate for something I knew I couldn't have.
    A solution. A remedy. Anything.

    ...I hated it. Alone and confused was the last place I wanted to be.
    Somehow I knew I deserved this.”
    ― Brian Krans, A Constant Suicide
    tags: alone, blame, confusion, culpability, longing
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    Caroline Stevermer
    “How dreadful...to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules.”
    ― Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
    tags: chess, chocolate-pot, confusion, games, rules
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    Amy Reed
    “I wonder if anybody else feels this way, if anyone in here is as scared as I am. Are they as sad and angry and confused and ashamed? Is that even possible? Is it even possible for one building to hold all that pain?”
    ― Amy Reed, Clean
    tags: anger, confusion, pain
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    Jarod Kintz
    “A brick could be used to perpetually feed the hungry, stop all wars, educate the masses, and ensure everlasting peace for all populations throughout time. Wait, I’m sorry, that’s not right. I was confusing a brick with a blanket. It’s a blanket that could be used for all those things. 
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    ― Jarod Kintz, A brick and a blanket walk into a bar
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    Criss Jami
    “Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.”
    ― Criss Jami
    tags: aggravation, concealment, confusion, contemplation, dishonesty, hardcore, honesty, lie, lying, never, pain, provoke, secrecy, secrets, thinkers, thought, torture, truth
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    Sonya Sones
    “Ready or not, here I come
    I'm so tired of this dumb game of hide and seek
    Olly olly oxen free
    Show yourself, you're scaring me
    Come out, come out, where ever you are
    You've taken this thing way too far”
    ― Sonya Sones, Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
    tags: confusion, hide-and-seek, loss
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    Julian Barnes
    “Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual.”
    ― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending
    tags: confusion, conversation, interaction, youth
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    Tamora Pierce
    “I'm sorry," she said humbly. "I haven't wanted to lie to you."
    "I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met." He thought about it for a moment, then added, "--or the best. Now I'm all confused.”
    ― Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
    tags: alanna, confusion, exposed-truth, jon, lying
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    Cormac McCarthy
    “There was someone there and they had been there. There was no one there. There was someone there and they had been there and they had not left but there was no one there.”
    ― Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
    tags: 203, confusion
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    Bob Dylan
    “I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul...”
    ― Bob Dylan
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    “Love me or hate me, i swear it won't make or break me.”
    ― Lil Wayne
    tags: inspirational, self-esteem, song-lyrics
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  • #15
    “time made me stronger, you're no longer on my mind”
    ― Boyz II Men
    tags: break-up, couples, heartbroken, love, relationships, song-lyrics
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    “I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.”
    ― Kris Kristofferson
    tags: memory, nostalgia, song-lyrics
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    Keith Urban
    “..And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive”
    ― Keith Urban
    tags: breakup, song-lyrics
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    Led Zeppelin
    “These are the seasons of emotion,
    and like the winds, they rise and fall.”
    ― Led Zeppelin
    tags: song-lyrics
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  • #19
    “Droplets of yes and no, in an ocean of maybe.”
    ― Faith No More, Faith No More - The Real Thing
    tags: faith-no-more, music, song-lyrics
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    John Lennon
    “All you need is love.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: song-lyrics
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  • #21
    John Lennon
    “Let It Be”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: benediction, song-lyrics
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    Bruce Springsteen
    “You can't start a fire
    Worrying 'bout your little world falling apart
    This gun's for hire
    Even if we're just dancing in the dark”
    ― Bruce Springsteen
    tags: song-lyrics, springsteen
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  • #23
    “And now, the end is near,
    And so I face the final curtain.
    My friend, I'll say it clear,
    I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
    I've lived a life that's full.
    I've traveled each and every highway;
    And more, much more than this,
    I did it my way.”
    ― Jacques Revaux, My Way
    tags: translated-paul-anka
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  • #24
    Radiohead
    “some things cost more than you realize”
    ― Radiohead
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    Bob Dylan
    “There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief...”
    ― Bob Dylan
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    Tom Waits
    “Let me fall out of the window/
    With confetti in my hair”
    ― Tom Waits, Lyrics of Tom Waits: The Early Years, 1971-1983
    tags: song-lyrics
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    Malcolm X
    “We didn't land on plymouth rock, Plymouth rock landed on us".”
    ― Malcolm X
    tags: anything-goes, cole-porter, paraphrased, song-lyrics
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  • #28
    “Because you let our love just fall apart
    You no longer have my heart”
    ― Boyz II Men
    tags: couples, heart, heartbreak, love, relationships, sad, song-lyrics
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  • #29
    “You think you're lost but you're not lost on your own. You're not alone. I will stand by you, I will help you through when you’ve done all you can do.
    If you can’t cope, I will dry your eyes
    I will fight your fight, I will hold you tight and I wont let go”
    ― Rascal Flatts
    tags: help, loss, love, sad, song-lyrics
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    Donald Barthelme
    “He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that's not it, he is mad about being helpless when you were powerful, but no, not that either, he is mad about being contingent when you were necessary, not quite it... he is insane because when he loved you, you didn't notice.”
    ― Donald Barthelme
    tags: insanity, madness, spite
    86 likes



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