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You cannot make a man love me any more than you can keep a flower from turning its face to the sun. Nature has endowed us with certain urges. That's why we speak of the magic of love.
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Love isn't always all perfume and magic. It has a physical side, one that has nothing to do with tender feelings, fluttering hearts, sentimental poetry.
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What we remember from childhood we remember forever--permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen. --CYNTHIA OZICK, AMERICAN WRITER, B. 1928
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Caponata This has an excellent flavor and makes a very nice presentation on a perfect leaf of lettuce, not that Robert and Sal ever gave a hoot about presentation. And it's even quite low in calories, not that guys care about that, either. Serve this as a traditional antipasto with a good crusty Italian bread and a glass of chilled Pinot Grigio. Peel and dice an eggplant, toss with salt, put in a colander and drain for at least a half hour...
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I believe that for a lucky few, love can grow from what is truly important in life--honor, respect and recognition. Now, those are matters worth pursuing, wouldn't you say?
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She had known a love as intense as the brightest star, and a betrayal deeper than the blackest void in space.
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She'd always thought a broken heart would heal with time. Now she knew the hurt only went deeper with each passing day.
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When she was little and a bad dream woke her, Gran would advise her to change the channel by turning her pillow over. It worked every time.
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Love comes into your life in its own time, not when you're ready.
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equaled her brilliant sister in the classroom. She used to pretend it didn't matter during the years she and Abigail attended Miss Madinsky's school together. Alongside the pampered daughters of judges and senators and foreign dignitaries, she would sit with her hands folded atop her desk, her mouth reciting words by rote while her mind wandered a thousand miles away, to distant lands and places in the heart where all fathers were attentive..
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The human heart has a way of holding on for as long as it takes, until it has been fulfilled.
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No amount of liquor could make him forget the things he yearned to erase from his mind--
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maybe crying helped, he reflected, counting the squares of the grid that imprisoned him. Not crying was actually painful, an ache of pressure in his chest. Maybe girls cried because it let off the pressure.
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She visited her father all the time. She'd stepped over piles of clutter, but it had never occurred to her that Pop was having serious problems. As time went by, his carelessness had increased, but Rosa hadn't thought anything of it.
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great guy. Wait till you get to know him." I didn't wait, Sophie thought. I fell right into bed with him. "It would never work. I still don't want kids," Daphne said. "I never will. I'm the oldest of five, and I raised my younger brothers and"
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apartment? There was so much she didn't know, so much she wanted to learn but wouldn't let herself
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And then the simple truth dawned on her. She finally acknowledged that it didn't matter who you were or where you came from. Love
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And then the simple truth dawned on her. She finally acknowledged that it didn't matter who you were or where you came from. Love and respect put everyone on equal footing.
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Appreciate the journey, and recognize your strength. --See the Triumph
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She wore almost no jewelry, which Rosa later learned was characteristic of women from the oldest and wealthiest families. Ostentation was for the nouveau riche.
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CIAMBELLONE Ciambellone is a cross between a cake and a bread, with a nice texture well suited to be served at breakfast or with coffee. The smell of a baking ciambellone is said to turn a scowl into a smile. 4 cups flour 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup sugar 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup oil 1 teaspoon baking powder zest from 1 lemon, finely chopped garnish: milk, coarsely granulated sugar Make a mound with the flour on a board, c..
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I've always thought a quilt held together with a woman's tears to be the strongest of all.
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Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. --Marilyn Monroe
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He had practically made a career out of reading parenting books, even though they all seemed to give conflicting advice. One thing they agreed on was that rebellion stemmed from a need to escape parental control, running up against a need for boundaries and limits. Not that it made dealing with a thirteen-year-old any easier.
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When times get hard and you start wondering why you got married in the first place, remember the love.
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you wait for the perfect time to fall in love, said a little inner voice that sounded suspiciously like Lulu, it'll never happen.
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If you wait for the perfect time to fall in love, said a little inner voice that sounded suspiciously like Lulu, it'll never happen.
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Forgiveness was such a simple thing, she thought, once you surrendered to it.
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Being a mother had taught her so much in such a short time. She'd never known all the colors and shapes that love could take, had never known her heart could be so full yet still have the capacity to expand.
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