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01c. 1980 AD

I saw love in your smile and I recognized it for the first time in my life. But you had a plane to catch and I was already home.

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02c. 1980 AD

You forsake all that you hold dear,for a dream that is not your own;you would rather live a liethan live your life aloneUniverse of Us and on thoughtcatalog

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03c. 1980 AD

You forsake all that you hold dear,for a dream that is not your own;you would rather live a liethan live your life alone

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04c. 1980 AD

Our emotions pull us in different directions. The stronger the emotion, the greater the pull. Feelings are not always practical, nor do they make any logical sense. That's just the way it goes.

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05c. 1980 AD

What was it like to lose him?" Asked Sorrow. There was a long pause before I responded:It was like hearing every goodbye ever said tome—said all at once.

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06c. 1980 AD

AcceptanceThere are things I missthat I shouldn't,and those I don'tthat I should.Sometimes we wantwhat we couldn't—sometimes we lovewho we could.

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07c. 1980 AD

AGE DIFFERENCEWhat if I told you that one day you will meet a girl who is unlike anyone else you've known. She will know all the right things to say, what makes you laugh, what turns you on, what drives you wild and best of all, you will do for her exactly what she does for you."When will I meet her?"Well let's put it this way, she doesn't even exist yet.

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08c. 1980 AD

If any person claims to have loved twice in all their life — they have not loved at all.

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09c. 1980 AD

Neither here, nor there. But everywhere.

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10c. 1980 AD

Every letterthat she types;every keystrokethat she strikes-To spell your nameagain and again,is all she everwants to write.

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11c. 1980 AD

You can create something that is pure genius, but you have to get your timing right.

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12c. 1980 AD

Writing is a conduit. It opens up a passageway into the past. Not just for the writer, but for the reader too. Both readers and writer are linked by the commonality of human experience.

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13c. 1980 AD

In a sea of strangers,you've longed to know me.Your life spent sailingto my shores.

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14c. 1980 AD

When every dream has turned to dust, and your highest hopes no longer soar.When places you once yearned to see, grow further away on distant shores.When every night you close your eyes, and long inside for something more.Remember this and only this, if nothing else you can recall—There was a life a girl once led, where you were loved the most of all.

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15c. 1980 AD

RegretsTiming is irrelevant when two people are meant for each other. It's what I once believed.But we met during a time when I was such a mess, when I still had so much to figure out. How could I have known how crucial every word, every action was or how losing you would be something I would always regret?If only you could have met me now, how different it would be. How much I have changed. How I have grown. I learned so much from all the mistakes I made with you. I just wish I had made them with someone else.

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