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The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs. — Thornton Wilder
Sometimes it's more generous to take than give, he said. "How?" Caroline asked. "To let the other person give you what he has to offer.… — Luanne Rice
Ready to go but never to return. — William Shakespeare
Neither mine nor other people's prospects seem particularly pleasing just at the moment, and I have fantasies of going to Iceland, never to return. As… — Edward Gorey
The world is being created and destroyed in this very moment. Whoever you met will reappear, whoever you lost will return. Donâ€™t betray the grace… — Paulo Coelho
Michael patted him on the shoulder. â€œI like this plan,â€ he said. â€œYou and Eve, picking up cake and flowers, and you canâ€™t even say… — Rachel Caine
Love, what is love? I don't think you can really put it into words. Love is understanding someone, caring for him, sharing his joys and… — Anne Frank
This, she thought, isnâ€™t just for today. Itâ€™s for everything. For the heartache that still felt like a punch in the gut each time it… — Laini Taylor
..I fancied you'd return the way you said, But I grow old and I forget your name. (I think I made you up inside my… — Sylvia Plath
You would like to read, but somehow the rain gets into the book, too; not literally, and yet it really does, the letters are meaningless,… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
Ingratitude is amongst them a capital crime, as we read it to have been in some other countries: for they reason thus; that whoever makes… — Jonathan Swift
You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg. — Melissa de la Cruz
when I am feeling low all i have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns — Charles Bukowski
The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns. — Naguib Mahfouz
It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of… — Charles Alexander Eastman
One of Sir Topher's rules was to never indulge in sentimentality, never return for what was left behind. — Melina Marchetta
William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. "In the time of your life--live!"… — Tennessee Williams
Unconditional love. Thatâ€™s what he wants to give her and what he wants from her. People should give without wanting anything in return. All other… — Alan Lightman
Things can be seen better in the darkness," he said, as if he had just seen into her mind. "But the longer you spend in… — Haruki Murakami
This gown, is it cut from shadow?" the general asked. "I can barely feel it between my fingers." Not for want of trying, thought Madrigal.… — Laini Taylor

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