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You'd do anything to get a soul mate back, right?… I mean, that's the nature of soul mates.
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I don't know. She was a sweet girl. As sweet as they come. I don't know why I didn't love her. It's something you can't really control.
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You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can end up focusing on misleading factors. Stuff that really has more to do with personality-the fact that some people are simply more expressive or emotional or needy in a relationship. But beyond such smokescreens, the answer is there. Love is seldom-almost never-an even proposition.
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I'm glad you were both here," I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who made you, something most kids take for granted every day of their lives.
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No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.
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Don't you wish we could pick the people we love?" "Yeah," I say. "Or just make the people we love want the same things we want.
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The feeling I have reminds me of New Year's Eve, when the countdown is coming and I'm not quite sure whether to grab my camera or just live in the moment. Usually I grab the camera and later regret it when the picture doesn't turn out. Then I feel enormously let down and think to myself that the night would have been more fun if it didn't mean quite so much, if I weren't forced to analyze where I've been and where I'm going.
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I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you're single among a room full of couples.
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There are two kinds of sorry. There is the sorry imbued with regret. And a pure sorry. The kind that is merely asking for forgiveness, nothing more.
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Every couple has two stories - the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version best left alone.
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Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life...
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Well, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right person for you. That takes some time to figure out
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I will find the good in this loss. I will make something happen that wouldn't have happened otherwise.
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It's like Brad Pitt for us. You might not like blond men with pretty features, but c'mon, it's Brad. You're not going to kick him out of bed for eating crackers.
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The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way.
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We are one of those couples i used to watch, thinking to myself that I'd never be on the inside of something so special. I remember reassuring myself that it probably looked nicer than it actually was, I am happy to be wrong about that.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine Like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, — till perfect Day shall shine Through Peace to Light.
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Emily Giffin
Born:
March 20, 1972
(age 52)
Bio:
Emily Fisk Giffin is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit.
Known for:
Something Borrowed (2005)
First Comes Love (2016)
The One & Only (2014)
Where We Belong (2012)
Heart of the Matter (2010)
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