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“Because we all eat lies when our hearts are hungry”
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“Happiness is a direction, not a place.”
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“Yeah, go ahead and try to be your daddy, baby,” the guy eggs her on. “You fall short!” “Haven’t you heard?” she shouts out the window at him. “I’m a mama’s girl!” And she speeds up even more. “Dylan!”
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“No one else can make you happy, and putting that expectation on the other will doom both of you. You don't look at someone and say, "You can make my life better." You look at someone and say, " I can make your life better." Be a blessing, not a burden.”
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“That’s the hardest thing about being a parent,” she explains. “Living through heartache, bearing your struggles, learning the hard lessons the hard way, and enduring years of climbing a wall only to fall back down and have to start all over again . . .” She holds my eyes, and her voice is weighted with sadness. “The tears, the waiting, the zero sense of who the hell you are, and then one day . . .” Her voice grows lighter and she looks happy. “You wake up, and finally you’re exactly the person you’ve always wanted to be. Strong, decisive, resolute, kind, brave . . . But then you also look in the mirror and you’re fifty-eight.” An”
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“We could say we were young and stupid, but that excuse only lasts so long before you realize that you were selfish and just really big assholes.” I”
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“I think too many people give others too much power over them. But if they're not missing you or thinking about you or wanting to be near you, then it's time to realize you're worth someone who does”
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“Your kids—and I imagine they had more help—dug a wide but shallow grave on Weston’s football field. They stole the kid’s car, drove it into the hole, and buried it. They even made a nice little tombstone for it.” Snorts”
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“No one else can make you happy, and putting that expectation on the other person will doom both of you. You don’t look at someone and say “you can make my life better.” You look at them and say “I can make your life better.” Be a blessing, not a burden.”
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“Because I was irrevocably in love with him. I’d rather be unhappy ninety percent of the time just so I could feel what I felt with him the other ten percent of the time.”
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“...I finally understand how hard it is to be a parent. To watch your kids make mistakes. They won't learn until they learn...”
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“Kade moves closer to his brother, threatening his space and unwilling to back down, but then Jared is there, staring down at Kade, walking into him and forcing him back again. Kade's jaw flexes as he stares up at his uncle, but he finally drops his glare and stops.”
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“I have places I want to travel and recipes I haven’t tried. Stay on the road and don’t kill me in this thing,” I warn her.”
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“Никто не сможет сделать тебя счастливым. Возлагая подобные ожидания на другого человека, ты обрекаешь на неудачу вас обоих. Нельзя просто взглянуть на кого-то и сказать: «Ты можешь сделать мою жизнь лучше». Нет, посмотри на него и скажи: «Я могу сделать твою жизнь лучше». Будь наградой, а не обузой.”
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“La parte más difícil es saltar. No puedo retroceder y no puedo seguir tratando de complacer al mundo.”
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“Aprendí que está bien amar y sentirse vulnerable y cometer errores, pero no está bien vivir una vida atrapada. Nunca dejes que te controle otra persona.”
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“Podríamos decir que eramos jóvenes y estúpidos, pero esa excusa solo dura hasta que te das cuenta de que fuiste egoísta y simplemente unos imbéciles muy grandes.”
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“¿Sacrificar tu propia felicidad para complacer a los demás? Cariño, si nuestro amor es tan frágil, entonces no te merecemos. Una persona fuerte se da cuenta de que el único amor que realmente necesita en esta vida es el amos que tiene por sí misma. Si tienes eso, es como una armadura. Nadie puede detenerte. Nadie mas importa.”
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“El libro era una manera para que vivieras de manera indirecta, pasando por las experiencias sin los cotos y las consecuencias.”
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“No importa lo que te diga o comparta contigo o trate de enseñarte de todo lo que he aprendido, no dará en el blanco hasta que lo hayas vivido. Realmente no sabrás de lo que estoy hablando hasta que hayas cometido esos errores y aprendido de ellos por tu cuenta... Y, por desgracia, eso podría llevar años.”
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“Nadie más puede hacerte feliz, y poner esa expectativa en la otra persona los condenará a los dos. No miras a alguien y dices: "tú puedes mejorar mi vida". Lo miras y dices: "Yo puedo hacer tu vida mejor". Ser una bendición, no una carga.”
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“Nadie más puede hacerte feliz, y poner esa expectativa en la otra persona los condenará a los dos. No miras a alguien y dices: <>. Lo miras y dices: <>. Ser una bendición, no una carga.”
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“Los sacrificios y las decisiones no son difíciles para las personas buenas. Para los egoístas como yo, son duras hasta que ya no son tuyas para tomar.”
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“Todos comemos mentiras cuando nuestro corazón tiene hambre.”
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“La navaja de Ockham... La explicación más sencilla suele ser la correcta.”
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“Creo que muchas personas les dan a otros demasiado poder sobre ellos. Pero si no te extrañan, no piensan en ti o quieren estar cerca de ti, entonces es tiempo de darte cuenta que mereces alguien que sí lo haga.”
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“Volvería a hacer exactamente lo mismo, incluso sabiendo lo mal que todo terminaría, porque eres la única vida que he tenido, y no podría no tenerte... Me estrellaría y quemaría mil veces solo para tenerte.”
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“Cuando sentí la necesidad, él no tenia la voluntad. Ahora que a él le hacia falta, descubrí que simplemente no estaba dispuesta a fingir afecto por él.”
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“El fracaso es una elección que fácilmente se convierte en un hábito.”
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“La felicidad es una dirección, no un lugar.”
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