There I go being critical again. Does a man have to stand on one foot and juggle for me to consider him entertaining? What am I looking for? A knight?...No, knights are all polished and shiny. I think my taste runs to something with a bit of tarnish and maybe a few scratches. Someone who can make me laugh and cry and make me angry and make my knees tremble when he touches me.

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If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

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know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.

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Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

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Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.

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Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.

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If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

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We make destiny with every turn, every choice.

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People and relationships never stop being a work in progress

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Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

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Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

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We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.

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Do you know how many ways love can hit you? So it makes you happy, or miserable? It makes you sick in the belly or hurt in the heart. It makes everything brighter and sharper, or it blurs all the edges. It makes you feel like a king or a fool. Every way love can hit you, it's hit me when it comes to you.

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You spend your life getting walked on, you learn to recognize the tread.

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The wounded recognized the wounded.

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Sometimes a wind comes up, blows you off course. You’re not ready for it, but if you’re lucky, you end up in a more interesting place than you’d planned.

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You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.

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I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.

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If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

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In all the illusions, you're the only truth that I need

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Memories are nice little possessions. As long as you don't ignore the present when you take them out to play.

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