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Life: A Love Story

by Elizabeth Berg

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This Is Not About Us

by Allegra Goodman (Goodreads Author)

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Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

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“I'm tired of living here in this hotel, snow and rain falling through the sheets. In fact, I'm tired of 23rd Street, strung out like some Christmas lights out there in the Chelsea night”
― Ryan Adams

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“But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles”
― Anna Nalick

tags: boyfriend, love, missing-you, romance, smile, song-lyrics

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“Hold her tight, if you have her; hold her tight, I thought, that's my advice to all the living. Breathe her in, put your nose in her hair, breathe her in deeply. Say her name. It will always be her name. Not even death can steal it. Same alive as dead, always. Aura Estrada.”
― Francisco Goldman, Say Her Name

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“I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

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“Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on an evening star? Somebody thought of it and someone believed it, and look what its done so far.”
― Jim Henson

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