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6b0cd05
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If I start , I'm not going to stop," he said flatly."
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Susan Mallery |
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e6c8c97
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Grief manifests differently in different people. We all get through things in our own time.
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Susan Mallery |
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2152a8c
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Katie, honey, you need a date for your sister's wedding." "I had a date, Mom. He's marrying the bride."
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maid-of-honor
weddings
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Susan Mallery |
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9c82110
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Being left at the altar was not for sissies. Aside from the humiliation and hurt, there were actual logistics to worry about. Odds were if a guy was willing to leave you standing alone in front of three hundred of your closest friends and relatives, not to mention both your mothers, he wasn't going to sweat the little stuff like returning the gifts and paying the caterer.
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jilted
weddings
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Susan Mallery |
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4efb537
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She looked both hurt and broken. As if her spirit had received one too many mortal blows.
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Susan Mallery |
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7b75211
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The last time I dated, dinosaurs roamed the earth. We didn't even have electricity.
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Susan Mallery |
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081dcf2
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You look good." "You look like shit." "That's how I feel." "Good. What do you want?" He gave her a faint smile. "To tell you how much I love you, Izzy. I probably have from the first moment we met."
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Susan Mallery |
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4d23343
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You need to learn to accept your flaws and forgive yourself.
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Susan Mallery |
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a9347c8
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This is bullshit. You think I care what other people think? What does age have to do with it? Why can't you be that girl? As for what I want to do with my life, why can't I figure that out with you?
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Susan Mallery |
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91f0223
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I don't do this," he continued. "I don't get involved. But I've never wanted anyone as much as I want you. It started out as chemistry, pure sexual attraction. I don't even know what to call it. But it's different now. It's bigger and I can't control it and I can't not be with you." --
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Susan Mallery |
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c19c345
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Never agree to a job interview in which the interviewer has seen you naked.
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career-advice
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Susan Mallery |
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f1dc4c5
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I'm starting to remember that it's okay when things don't turn out right the first time. I can always try again and get it right.
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jenna
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Susan Mallery |
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8ea1233
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I'm very comfortable being right," she admitted. "We all are. But sometimes it's a lonely place."
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claire
jesse
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Susan Mallery |
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0fbb0c0
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Montana," he said, dragging her against him. "Montana, I'm so sorry. I was wrong. What I said, how I treated you." He drew back so he could see her face. "I love you. I have from the first. You're the best part of me. You are the light to my dark and without you, I'm blind. I'll give you anything, if only you'll stay with me."
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Susan Mallery |
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53e8167
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Making a family work was about love and trust and knowing where to draw the lines.
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Susan Mallery |
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66331b0
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the only thing that makes life worthwhile is loving orher people and being loved by them. - Pia Obrian
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life-lessons
life
love
loving
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Susan Mallery |
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d171962
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He grabbed her and pulled her against him. "I've missed you," he said right before he kissed her."
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Susan Mallery |
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8e48617
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She hesitated before opening the envelope, telling herself there was nothing he could say that would change anything. But she opened it anyway and read the note. "I'm not very good at this. I'm sorry."
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Susan Mallery |
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b97558f
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Love is very real and it's dangerous. People do crazy things in the name of love. Bad things. Love is powerful and shouldn't be played with.
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love-quotes
love
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Susan Mallery |
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8237e04
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The worst part is the unknown. The pain of being alone, the loneliness, is familiar. You've dealt with that. You understand it. But loving someone, risking everything, is unknown. There's no way to know how bad it's going to be. You barely survive the pain of being alone, so how can you deal with anything worse? So you don't bother to try.
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love
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Susan Mallery |
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d3f9238
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He knew he could force the issue. Be blunt. But in getting his way, he would have to watch the bright light go out of her eyes. He would see her slim shoulders slump and know he was the cause. Damn it all to hell, he didn't think he could stand that. Yet another testament to how bad he had it for her. Women, he thought with a sigh. What had God been thinking?
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Susan Mallery |
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840d16f
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I'm like those placid dogs a family buys when the dog they choose first is too high strung. I'm the pet's pet.
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Susan Mallery |
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3eb4c6b
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Career now....Men, whenever.
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Susan Mallery |
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5ef971a
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Better to keep trying until you find something that makes you happy rather than choose something now and hate your job for the next twenty years
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Susan Mallery |
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c12d3ee
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A lot of people think I chose these children because they have problems. That's not true. I chose these children because they touched my heart.
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Susan Mallery |
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5764608
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I'm not sure you need protecting." "Everyone needs protecting now and then."
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Susan Mallery |
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09b5b6a
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fifty dollars can't change a life, but when everyone gives a little, we can change the world.
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Susan Mallery |
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f16f490
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I'm going to walk you home." "I know the way." "Maybe, but the streets are dangerous. I don't want anything to happen to you." "My door is about five feet from yours. What could happen?" "You never know."
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Susan Mallery |
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28d93f8
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I thought I was looking for something. Now I get that I was looking for someone. You. I'll go back to school and get my degree because it will make you happy. But also because it will make me the kind of man you want. This all about you, Aurelia. Don't you get that?
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Susan Mallery |
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afb9c21
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Want to get Chinese?" "I though you cooked." "Like I know how." "That's my girl." --
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Susan Mallery |
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25c90ee
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She was back in western Washington state, where rain was so prevalent that a day of sunshine was the lead story on the local news.
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washington
seattle
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Susan Mallery |
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fa233f4
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I'm a forever kind of guy," he murmured, right before he kissed her. "That's how long I want."
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Susan Mallery |
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3d8223d
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He grinned like a proud male and moved closer. "It was good." "Are you asking or telling?" "I know it was good." She'd just experienced the longest orgasm in modern history. Who was she to be critical? "It was amazing." He cupped her face and kissed her. "We could do it again." "I don't think that's possible." Instead of answering, he bent down and drew her nipple into his mouth. Then he reached between her legs and lightly touched her. Ins..
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Susan Mallery |
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8cbaec3
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I'll have you know I was wildly in love with Ford long before he was dangerous. No one truly loves like a fourteen-year-old girl.
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young-love
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Susan Mallery |
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5d314f6
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That's what women specialize in-demanding every scrap of humanity we have. Our hearts, our souls and our balls. You can fight it, my friend, but I've learned it's a whole lot smarter to hand it all over quietly. They're going to win in the end and if you resist, you only end up having to beg more.
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Susan Mallery |
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91a371e
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But, as her mother had often told her, life wasn't meant to be easy. It was meant to be lived.
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Susan Mallery |
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df5a60c
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The root of all fears. Not being accepted by those we care about. Being rejected and isolated. It's a primal fear. As a species, we are meant to be part of a group. A community. We mistrust loners because we don't understand them. With the exception of our romanticizing the loner in movies and novels, of course.
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Susan Mallery |
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86fcfdb
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I think that's everything," she said, rising to her feet. "Thank you, Mr. MacIntyre." He shook his head. "Lucas. Or the deal is off." She pressed her lips together. "All right. Lucas. And I must tell you, I don't particularly care for you shortening my name. Emily is perfectly fine." "I know, Em. I'll keep that in mind."
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Susan Mallery |
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44512e8
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Well?" Marsha asked when Charity had left. A single word with a thousand meanings, Josh thought grimly. What was it about women and language? They could make a man squirm without putting much effort into the task. A skill he both admired and feared."
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Susan Mallery |
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1668366
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Everyone has a past, she reminded herself. If only she could have a good one. One that was exciting and involved pirates or space creatures.
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Susan Mallery |
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55c09b0
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She waved, laughing, waiting for him to go zooming past her. Instead he slowed, then came to a stop right in front of her. "What are you doing?" she demanded, as he put his foot on the asphalt. She pointed to the finish line, a scant hundred yards away. "Go." People around them started screaming. Josh ignored them all. He pulled off his glasses. "How you doing?" "Josh! This isn't funny. Move." She glanced over his shoulder, knowing the othe..
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Susan Mallery |
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d33f27c
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Love is the only thing that makes us strong. It's all that matters in the end. Who we love and who loves us." He"
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Susan Mallery |
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45f3e1c
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Because that was the whole point of every person's journey. To be alive. To live and to keep moving forward.
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Susan Mallery |
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fe14fce
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This isn't Twilight. I don't have to pick a guy.
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Susan Mallery |