Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth. ― Janet Evanovich

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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

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Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

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Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

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There are no negatives in life, only challenges to overcome that will make you stronger. - Eric Bates

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Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.

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Your greatest achievement will always be your life’s story. – Michael Margolis

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I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

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If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us

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