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Airports should all belong to the same country. The country of Crappacia. Or Bleakovania. Or Suckitan.

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Jennifer Donnelly
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 29
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New York
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Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.
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We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.
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There is an advantage to be found in most everything that happens to you, even if it is not immediately apparent.
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Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either
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Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard.
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Never take what's offered, always ask for more.
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It has an L on it. L for love. See? It's the key to the universe, Dad. You said you were looking for it. You told Mom you were. I found it for you so you don't have to look anymore. So you can come home at night.
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The greenest of pastures are right here on earth.
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I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I keep on playing. Until I'm lost in the music. Until I am the music--notes and chords, the melody and harmony. It hurts, but it's okay because when I'm the music, I'm not me. Not sad. Not afraid. Not desperate. Not guilty.
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One expects decent people to stand up for the good of all. Decent people shut their doors and hide behind them as decent people do. Massacres could never happen if it weren't for decent people.
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Funny, 'ow you can 'old a jewel in your 'and, and toss it away, and not even know what you 'ad until it's gone.
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The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not.
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I play until my fingertips are raw. Until I rip a nail and bleed on the strings. Until my hands hurt so bad I forget my heart does.
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Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.
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The King walks. He nods. His glance is like God's touch - under it all things spring to life. A wave of his hand and a hundred musicians tear into the Handel, making a sound you've never heard before, and never will again. A sound that goes through you, through flesh and bone, and reorders the very beat of your heart.
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I struggled for a long time to get anything published.
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The world goes on, as stupid and brutal as tomorrow as it was today. And though I am shuddering with pain, and twisting with pain, and sobbing with pain, i laugh.Because I know now. I know the answer. I know the truth. Oh,dead man, you are dead wrong, I tell him.Can't you see? The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I [do not. I do not.]
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Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?
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She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams.
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Why is it that weeks and months and years go by so quickly, all in a blur, but moments last forever?
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