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A lot can happen in a heartbeat though. Even a really fast one. Lives crumble in a heartbeat. Promises are lost in a heartbeat.

we were one once: book 2

…Not that it was unjust; not that the scales were forced out of balance. Where there had been good, it showed as clearly. Kindnesses, accomplishments, all those were present, too.

What Dreams May Come

Whereas Rosa’s lips were full and lush, her mother’s were thin and pinched in an expression that hinted at pain so long suppressed and hidden that in hiding from the world, the pain had become second nature.

Wild Fell

When someone you love has died, there is a certain grace period during which you can get away with murder. Not literal murder, but pretty much anything else.

When You Were Here

Why am I doing this? Because it feels so good to talk like we used to, even though I know this is just a shadow of what we had. But I chase it anyway.

When You Were Here

Because this is what I believe - that second chances are stronger than secrets. You can let secrets go. But a second chance? You don't let that pass you by.

When You Were Here

I will prove myself strong, when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave, when they think I am weak.

We Were Liars

I watched you roll off me and step away from the bed in silence, but when the heat of your body was gone, I wanted it back.

When You Were Pixels

The second day, I watched you suffer through one of your nightmares, but this one was worse than I’d seen before. You called out another man’s name.

When You Were Pixels

We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake-up.

Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

the unexpected action of deep listening can create a space of transformation capable of shattering complacency and despair.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Myths have a way of bringing what is unconscious to the surface and putting a face on what we cannot see.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Amida's unimpeded light is the sun of wisdom that destroys the mind of darkness. (Preface in Teaching, Practice, Faith, Enlightenment)

You Were Born for a Reason: The Real Purpose of Life

[C]oncepts of dying in to a heaven or hell seem a good deal more political than spiritual. (124)

A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last

As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the sta...

Buzz Aldrin

I went to a public high school and most of the comedy was coming from the black kids and the Asian kids and the Hispanic kids. And, the coolest kids to me where always the black kids. They were always fashion forward and they always dressed the coole...

Brett Ratner

More than specific memories of achievements, for me I remember the feeling you get when you were just at your very best - when you felt like you were floating across the court and could put the ball wherever you wanted.

Guy Forget

Beautiful. He'd called her beautiful. Nobody had ever called her that before, except her mother, which didn't count. Mothers were required to think you were beautiful.

City of Bones

She knew enough to recognize that memories were crowding in, and there was nothing he could do. They wouldn’t let him speak. She would never know what scenes were driving that turmoil.

Atonement

Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.

Johnny Weir