She's cute, I thought, but you don't need to like a girl who treats you like you're ten: You've already got a mom.
("Looking for Alaska")
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Some Democrats are beginning to salivate too much, ... They still have to make good on their opportunity.
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Leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots.
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I mean, it's stupid to miss someone you didn't even get along with. But I don't know, it was nice, you know, having someone you could always fight with.
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Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.
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