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Beauty, from the moment you possess it, is already slipping away, ephemeral. That
“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you.”
― Ashes to Ashes
― Ashes to Ashes
“if you love two people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for the second.”
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“I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.”
― The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
― The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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