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Why is it that when you discover you can't have something, you want it even more?

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Alexandra Potter
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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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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...when you decide you want to be with someone forever, you want forever to start right now.
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Oh yeah, the heartbreak diet.... Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
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Life isn't complicated. It's very simple, really. It's us who make it complicated.
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Forget men, I want to marry my MacBook. It’s dependable, reliable and you can even go shopping with it.
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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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And like a soprano shattering glass, Juliet heard something snap deep inside. It was the sound of her heart breaking.
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I was in love with the idea of him. An ideal of him. Of who I thought he was. Of who he used to be.
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If you want a man who's commited, go look in a mental hospital.
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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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It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.
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He hadn't lost Grace. Because she'd never been his to lose in the first place.
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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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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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We are the sum total of our memories. Memories are the most precious things we have. Good or bad. That's what make us who we are. What would we be without them?
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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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But I figure you're never too old to learn. That's when you become old, when you stop being fascinated by things, when you stop wanting to learn and explore.
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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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If the worst is going to happen, it'll happen. Worrying can't protect you from that. And if it doesn't happen then you've missed out on all the time that when you could have been having fun
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