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To love someone with all of your heart requires reaching them where they are with the only words they can understand.

The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.

Soul connections are not often found and are worth every bit of fight left in you to keep.

The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

If we're mad, we're mad in large numbers, at least larger than yours.

He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer.

She closed the book and put her cheek against it. There was still an odor of a library on it, of dust, leather, binding glue, and old paper, one book carrying the smell of hundreds.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky.

There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.