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title: "4 Ex Partners Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Ex Partners quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Ex Partners sayings and thoughts."
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> [“She had to defend him in order to defend herself. That was why people were so prickly about their partners, even their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/she-had-to-defend-him-in-order-to-defend-herself-that-was-why-people/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

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> [Advice you give to others about ex partners, always take yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly/advice-you-give-to-others-about-ex-partners-always-take-yourself/)

[Holly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly/)

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> [I wish that every HEARTACHE would be a LESSON. And I hope that EX-PARTNERS are like professors who will say, Any question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laine/i-wish-that-every-heartache-would-be-a-lesson-and-i-hope-that-ex/)

[Laine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laine/)

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> [Ex partners play a very important role in our destiny; they make us see what we definitely dont want, so what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/ex-partners-play-a-very-important-role-in-our-destiny-they-make-us/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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