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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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Alexandra Potter
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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Their eyes met. It had begun. They had begun.
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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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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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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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Why is it that when you discover you can't have something, you want it even more?
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just in case is the curse of packing
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If you want a man who's commited, go look in a mental hospital.
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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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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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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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It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.
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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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He hadn't lost Grace. Because she'd never been his to lose in the first place.
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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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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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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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I never stopped joking around long enough to realize you weren't laughing anymore.
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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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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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