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consider the implications. We think we know what we want, but we can never really know until we've got it. And sometimes when we have, we discover we never really wanted it in the first place - but then it's too late

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Alexandra Potter
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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Maybe I just don't want another rejection, he shrugs. I've had enough of that in my so-called acting career. Oh, so this is what it's all about. But you're not auditioning for a role, I try to persuade him. Aren't I? he raises his eyebrows.
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For a split second they stared at each other. A fleeting, lasting moment. One person noticing another person out of a whole crowd of strangers.
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Because you will meet somebody more exceptional than anyone you have ever know. Who will love you warmly as possible. And who will so completely attract you that you will feel you never really loved before.
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I am a hopeless romantic. A silly, ridiculous, foolish romantic. I live in a fantasy land. I need to get real. And now, for the first time, I want to get real. I want a real relationship with a real man in the real world–-with all the real problems, faults, and whatever comes with it.
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Juliet shook her head. The thought of eating anything made her feel nauseous. No thanks, I'm not hungry. Oh yeah, the heartbreak diet, nodded Trudy sagely. Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
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Life can change in the blink of an eye. All you have is right now. So don’t ever put off telling someone how you feel about them, don’t assume that they know, because they might not and it might be too late.
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Life doesn't hang around, it keeps moving and if you don't keep up you can lose things.
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It is always the silly things that remind me
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Time has a funny way of airbrushing relationships, removing all the things that were wrong so when you look back it looks much better than it really was.
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If only men were like New York taxi-cabs and had a light that they can switch on when they're interested and off when they're not available. Then you'd know exactly where you were and you wouldn't have to worry about getting it wrong and being horribly embarrassed. --- Lucy
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When men see an attractive woman, they fantasize about sex. When women see an attractive man they fantasize about a relationship.
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Men, Grace learned, seemed to think women were all frustrated nurses.
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Their eyes met. It had begun. They had begun.
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I never stopped joking around long enough to realize you weren't laughing anymore.
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just in case is the curse of packing
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If, by some miracle, you're lucky enough to meet the One, whatever you do, don't let them go. Because you don't get another shot at it. Soulmates aren't like buses there's not going to be another one along in a minute. That's why they're called 'The One'.
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I don't understand it myself, really. It's like the idea of him is better than the him of him
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C'mon, you're gonna get upset sometimes. Breaking up is a shitty business. Someone always gets hurt. This time it happens to be you.
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It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.
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You can't make yourself fall in love, just as you can't choose who you fall in love with.
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