“People in love always tried to match the singles together, but what they didn't realize was that some people were meant to be alone. There was nothing wrong with that.”
“...I was more than just the sum of my experiences, and I had the ability to become an active participant in life instead of just standing on the sidelines.”
“It was worth saving up all my luck until now, because it means I get to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“Getting out of bed in the morning was a small triumph, and making it through the day without breaking down was an accomplishment.”
“I was messed up when it came to relationships, not happy with what I told myself I wanted, yet unwilling to take the risk for more.”
“I’m afraid I’ll never get over him. I’m afraid that I’ll spend the rest of my life wanting someone I can’t have. I have to get over him. I need to get over him.”
“In my heart, I knew that only the lucky found that sort of happiness. And I had always run short on luck.”
“If there's one thing I was horrible at, it was small talk.”
“Photography can be an intimate experience between the photographer and his subject. But there are so many ways to express the connection without a camera in the way.”
“On Earth one of the things that a large proportion of the locals is most proud of is this wonderful economic system which, with a sureness and certainty so comprehensive one could almost imagine the process bears some relation to their limited and limiting notions of either thermodynamics or God, all food, comfort, energy, shelter, space, fuel and sustenance gravitates naturally and easily away from those who need it most and towards those who need it least. Indeed, those on the receiving end of such largesse are often harmed unto death by its arrival, though the effects may take years and generations to manifest themselves.”
“The Doctor gave a modest shrug. "Well, I must admit that I made heads turn wherever I go. It's a burden that I just have to live with.”
“She brought herself away from the disagreeably clinging thought by her usual method - imagining the sweet sharp sensation of being burned alive.”
“It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway.”
“Freud called it ‘transference’. This basically means that you hate in others what you hate about yourself.)”
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