One could say, in fact, that no story really has a beginning, and that no story really has an end, as all of the world's stories are as jumbled as the items in the arboretum, with their details and secrets all heaped together so that the whole story, from beginning to end, depends on how you look at it. Lemony Snicket
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  1. Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have...
  2. Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.
  3. I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see.
  4. Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to...
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