“We cannot love a person with an all accepting, transcending and encompassing love without being hurt somewhat, without being disappointed, without being failed of our expectations. We cannot love without being broken, yet we cannot continue in love without being stronger than our brokenness.”
― Mend My Broken Heart
― Mend My Broken Heart
“Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.”
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“There are many types of pain. The only one that aspirin won't help is a hurting heart. That's why there is alcohol.”
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“He’s my brother, my blood. He annoys the hell out of me most of the time, but when it comes right down to it I want to see him graduate from college and have little annoying mini-Alexes and mini-Brittanys running around in the future”
― Rules of Attraction
― Rules of Attraction
“... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
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