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#1

“A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will gladly share it with.”
― Ellen J. Barrier, How to Trust God When All Other Resources Have Failed

tags: career-women, educated-women, professional-women, smart-women, strong-women, wise-women, women, women-and-men, women-authors, women-inspirational, women-quotes, women-rights, women-warriors, women-writers

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#2

“Maybe if we choose who we love more carefully we limit the possibility of getting hurt.”
― Lee Monroe

tags: loving-someone

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#3

“Love those who appreciate you, and appreciate those who love you.”
― Connor Chalfant

tags: appreciate, appreciation, love, love-quote, love-quotes, loving, loving-others, loving-people, loving-someone, quotes-about-love

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#4

“To fight against these falsehoods, though, one needed to be able to see past the present-day and very male-oriented distortion lens to the underlying truth. Beyond question, Molly Valle could do this. A woman whose surface appearance, eyeglasses and conservative clothes, fit the schoolmarm stereotype to a T. Yet she had sloughed off that exterior and society’s restrictions as effortlessly as she had her clothes, and during their lovemaking, she had not only kept up with him but often passed ahead of him. With other women, he had seen the embers of passion but never the flame. Tonight, he had witnessed the bonfire.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

tags: appearances-are-deceiving, don-t-judge-a-book-by-its-cover, expectations-vs-reality, force-to-be-reckoned-with, gender-norms, insatiable, looking-down-on-others, love-fever, sexual-health

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#5

“The spotlight hadn’t dimmed as Molly aged but had changed its glow instead. It had grown more intense with each new experience, had become more personalized and distinguished. It was no longer the bland whitish light of youth, a light dictated by a ceaselessly shallow society and therefore able to be seen by everyone in such a society. No, hers at present was a spotlight with highly individualized rays that could no longer be seen by most men simply because most men’s eyes weren’t good enough to see them.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

tags: allow-yourself-to-be-loved, be-proud-of-yourself, celebrate-you, don-t-let-this-world-change-you, don-t-settle-for-less, exceptional-people, men-suck, proud-quotes, touch-the-soul, woman-scorned

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#6

“She was beautiful. Not despite her so-called flaws but because of them—those scrapes and life experiences that made her body like no other woman’s. The beauty that wasn’t ephemeral or society-dictated but the real beauty that cut across generations, across all cultures, from the beginning of humankind. The beauty that was painted in Paleolithic caves and carved in ancient Venus statuettes, those wonderful figurines of all shapes and sizes, individualized and gorgeous precisely because of that individuality. What cavemen had known, modern men had forgotten, and sadly, modern women too.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

tags: bbw, beautiful-face, i-can-only-be-me, inclusive, its-okay-to-be-different, kind-soul, no-one-is-perfect, stay-beautiful, stay-the-way-you-are, you-are-unique

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#7

“Hardships make or break people.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: adversity, courage, life, perseverance

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#8

“I'd cut up my heart for you to wear if you wanted it.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

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#9

“If I said I was madly in love with you you'd know I was lying.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: lie, scarlett, unrequited-love

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#10

“There are things that I canna tell you, at least not yet. And I'll ask nothing of ye that ye canna give me. But what I would ask of ye---when you do tell me something, let it be the truth. And I'll promise ye the same. We have nothing now between us, save---respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies. Do ye agree?”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

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#11

“Ye werena the first lass I kissed," he said softly. "But I swear you'll be the last.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

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#12

“You are safe," he said firmly. "You have my name and my family, my clan, and if necessary, the protection of my body as well. The man willna lay hands on ye again, while I live.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

tags: jamie-fraser

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#13

“Most people didn’t see the beauty behind the everyday, didn’t enjoy the simple pleasures in life, didn’t stop and smell the roses … and just because these phrases were considered platitudes didn’t make them any less true. For you could belittle truth, lambaste it, deny its existence, but truth would always still be there, as unconcerned as the inexorably flowing Mississippi.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

tags: be-happy-with-what-you-have, be-simple, clear-mind, don-t-complicate-your-life, don-t-follow-the-crowd, feel-the-beauty, if-you-know-what-i-mean, poor-quotes, smell-the-roses, speak-the-truth

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#14

“Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments, my dear Scarlett—I mean, my dear Mrs. Kennedy. It cannot have escaped your notice that for some time past the friendship I have had in my heart for you has ripened into a deeper feeling, a feeling more beautiful, more pure, more sacred. Dare I name it you? Ah! It is love which makes me so bold!”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: chapter-xlvii

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#15

“I wish I could care what you do or where you go but I can't... My dear, I don't give a damn.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

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#16

“Say you’ll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won’t go. I’ll stay around here and play a guitar under your window every night and sing at the top of my voice and compromise you, so you’ll have to marry me to save your reputation.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: embarrassment, love, marriage, proposals, rhett-butler

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#17

“I bare my soul and you are suspicious! No, Scarlett, this is a bona fide honorable declaration. I admit that it's not in the best of taste, coming at this time, but I have a very good excuse for my lack of breeding. I'm going away tomorrow for a long time and I fear that if I wait till I return you'll have married some one else with a little money. So I thought, why not me and my money? Really, Scarlett, I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands. ”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: gone-with-the-wind, hurmor, margaret-mitchell, rhett, romance, scarlett

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#18

“Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!"

An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: banter

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#19

“That is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned!”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: society, uniqueness

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#20

“A hundred years from now, folks will look back at this time period and think, Wow, what an incredible moment it must’ve been to be alive. Syrian refugees, human trafficking, climate change—the whole world is out there waiting to be saved. And you’ll have a grand adventure doing it, even if only in what you consider a small, locally based way. You know, you already have as a teacher.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

tags: better-than-yesterday, busy-life, dont-lose-faith, keep-fighting, look-on-the-bright-side, never-be-afraid, stop-wishing-and-start-doing, value-of-life, world-needs-more-love, you-can-do-anything

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#21

“As she drove, she surprised herself with a sudden laugh. How blind, infinitely blind, she had been to think that men’s inability to see her forty-eight-year-old self was a regret or, worse, a failing on her own part. No, what it really was was a blessing, for that inability had separated the wheat from the chaff. The spotlight was indeed always there but only for someone perceptive enough, brave enough, mature enough to see it still shining above her head.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

tags: be-happy-with-yourself, be-kind-to-yourself, do-your-thing, facing-your-demons, never-settle-for-less, proud-to-be-me, self-love-is-the-best-love, take-care-of-your-health, two-sides-to-every-story, you-deserve-to-be-happy

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#22

“Except those images weren’t exact captures of reality. No, the Camera Eye was also suffused with what photographers called the Golden Hour—the gilt-tinted hour following sunrise and preceding sunset, when the world was awash with russet rays and even the meanest streets were aglow as if in an Arthurian legend. Every moment spent with John was like that, reality beyond reality. Richer, realer, rawer than reality. These were the moments she remembered most.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

tags: cameras, golden-hour, grass-is-greener, happy-memories, memorable-moments, memories-of-love, morning-sun, sunrise-quotes, sunset-quotes

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#23

“Now you know," I said lightly, and shrugged. "No one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn

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#24

“I know - I'll play you for it," Alice suggested. "Rock, paper, scissors."
Jasper chuckled and Edward sighed.
"Why don't you just tell me who wins?" Edward said wryly.
Alice beamed. "I do. Excellent.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn

tags: alice, edward, furture-telling, humor

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#25

“What do I look like? The Wizard of Oz? You need a brain? You need a heart? Go ahead, take mine. Take everything I have.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn

tags: self-sacrifice

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#26

“I'll meet you at the altar"
"I'll be the one in white!”
― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn

tags: bella, edward, wedding

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#27

“Ew. Someone put the dog out, "Rosalie murmured wrinkling her nose.
Have you herd this one, Psycho?
how do a blond's brain cells die?"
She didn't say anything.
Well?" I asked."Do you know the punch line or not?"
She looked pointedly at the TV and ignored me.
Has she heard it?" I asked Edward.
No." He answered.
Awesome. So you'll enjoy this, bloodsucker--a blond's brain cells die alone.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn

tags: blonde-humor

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#28

“I want you, and I want you forever. One lifetime is simply not enough for me.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn

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#29

“Momma, you're special," Renesmee told me without any surprise, like she was commenting on the color of my clothes.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn

tags: renesmee

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#30

“I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: inspirational, procrastination

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