I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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I love steakhouses. When I'm in Chicago, I know there is a Gibsons that's open late. 13 Coins at Sea-Tac Airport in Washington is a gourmet restaurant I love. ~Triple H
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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I don't know where life's going, but soon it will be gone. I hope the wind that's blowing helps me carry on. Turn on the radio, baby listen to my song. Turn on the night light baby, I'm gone. ~Marc Cohn
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If you want to know how much I miss you, try to catch rain drops. The ones you catch is how much you miss me, and the ones you miss is how much I miss you.
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
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