Sometimes a wind comes up, blows you off course. You’re not ready for it, but if you’re lucky, you end up in a more interesting place than you’d planned.

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There's no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

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I'm not going anywhere.” Gently, he stroked her back, cradled her head. Was there anything more astounding or more frightening to a man, he wondered, than a strong woman in tears? “I've been right here all along. I love you, Eve, almost more than I can stand.” “I need you. I can't help it. I don't want to.” “I know. He eased back, tucking a hand under her chin to lift her face to his. “We’re going to have to deal with it.” He kissed one wet cheek, then the other. “I really can’t do without you.

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Life has very little even ground.

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Life is like a moustache. It can be wonderful or terrible. But it always tickles.

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The very young and the very old often saw what others could not. Or would not.

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Do you see that out there? The strange, unfamiliar light? It's called the sun. Let's go get us a little.

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Life is never as long as we want it to be, and wasted time can never be recovered.

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You have to trust or you're only living half a life.

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Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.

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