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A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a piece of fancy chocolate into your ...more

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Since when does anyone get the option to do the easiest?

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Dylan Jerome," the lawyer admits, "wanted to sue God for not caring enough about him.

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What would you do if you only had one day left in this world? Spend it with the people you love? Travel to the far corners of the earth to see as many...more

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If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.

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When it rains," her father said "it pours.

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[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to ...more

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You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you the one who was hit. Even the Lord's Prayer sa...more

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History tells us that six million Jews disappeared during that war. If there was no Holocaust, where did they go?' She shakes her head. 'All of that, ...more

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I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who lov...more

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I sigh. “But if you’d talked to Jules—if she could hear you . . .” My voice trails off.“Then you wouldn’t feel quite so crazy?” Oliver asks gently. “C...more

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Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.

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When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.

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But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made you better than good enough; it...more

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No, honestly, my mouth shouldn't be able to function unless my brain's engaged.