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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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be. ~Anna Kendrick
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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