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Gemma Malley

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01Undated

He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.

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02Undated

Because no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome.

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03Undated

I love you Anna Covey,' he said, his voice barely audible. And slowly, clumsily, he leant forward, and his lips found hers, and Anna felt him kiss her awkwardly, she knew that she wasn't a Surplus any more. And nor was Peter.

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04Undated

Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were loved.

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05Undated

Before he'd met Anna, he'd thought he'd known what love was, thought he'd understood about friendship, romance, all o fit, but he hadn't - not at all. Until he'd held Anna in his arms, until he'd let her see his soul, until he'd heard her cry gently when he made love to her for the first time, he'd known nothing.

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06Undated

Fame, infamy, they're of the same family.

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07Undated

You are a leader. It is time to lead. You must inspire, you must plan, you must make the world a better place.

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08Undated

Reality wasn't as important as people made it out to be; to Jude it was simply the physical state in which he found himself, an environment he had limited control over.

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09Undated

Better to find your own way than to blindly trust the words of others, whoever they are.

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10Undated

You mustn't let your emotions get the better of you. There is a great deal to be angry about, but anger doesn't change things.

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11Undated

I rather enjoy being contradicted. It forces me to think harder.

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12Undated

Evolution taught us that adaptation is the key to survival.

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13Undated

All beauty has a dark side. Heaven can't exist without hell.

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14Undated

There was always an opportunity in crisis, however desperate things seemed.

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15Undated

The only people who fear death are the ones who haven't lived.

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16Undated

You are on the side of angels. But even angels fall, sometimes. We all make mistakes; without them we would learn nothing.

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17Undated

You will choose your path, or perhaps it will choose you.

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18Undated

Humans are destructive animals, but they are also wise ones.

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19Undated

She knew that each emotion came and went, knew that she could cope with whatever life threw at her.

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20Undated

Secrets were never good. They were supposed to protect people, but they never did. They always made things worse.

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21Undated

But sometimes they all craved a little bit of danger, of excitement, of meaning, even if only to reinforce how very comfortable and secure their lives really were.

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22Undated

Curiosity also makes a great student.

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23Undated

It was his eyes, so challenging and with a piercing look about them. They were eyes that trusted in nothing and they made her uncomfortable around him, self-conscious.

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24Undated

I am just a leaf. Just a leaf falling from the tree so that a new bud may grow.

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