It's like it ain't so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.

William Faulkner
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  1. The saddest thing about love, Joe, is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten.

  2. She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love. Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.

  3. You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.

  4. I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.

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