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Sometimes it just happens - to the wrong people at the wrong time.

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Judith McNaught
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 10
Author
Novelist
Writer
San Luis Obispo
California
Happens
Sometimes
Time
People
Wrong

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How am I doing so far? she asked, forcing a cheerful lightness into her voice. You're doing very well, Nick's lazy voice mocked. I'm half convinced that I'm invisible.
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Matt: I know you can cook. Meredith: What makes you so sure? Matt: Because less than an hour ago, you set me on fire.
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You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality
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Either give me your hand, or end it now, and put us both out of our misery
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Whitney: Where is your home? Clayton: Wherever you are.
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God help me if I ever injure my back, Clayton quipped. God help you if you ever turn it, Whitney snapped, for there'll surely be some heartbroken papa or cuckolded husband ready with a knife--if I don't murder you first.
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Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness. May I ask for a specific example? Fat priests, Royce replied, with fat purses, who lecture staving peasants on the dangers of gluttony and the merits of poverty.
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The old adage which says that it is ‘whom you know that counts’ is far off the mark. It is what you know about whom you know that truly makes difference.
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But he knew instinctively what he suggested was impossible. She'd been through so much, and held her tears back for so long, that Royce doubted that anything could force her to shed them.
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I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.
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True beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.
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Some people feel love in their hearts, Julie. Some of us feel it all way into our souls. We're the ones who can't forget.
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People who talk less frequently notice more.
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Elizabeth, if you want to be kissed, all you have to do is put your lips on mine.
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Life was wonderful, so filled with people and activities, with love and laughter.
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I think we women underrate ourselves when it comes to our courage and strength.
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Missing you? she giggled incredulously. I could cheerfully murder you. I'd come back to haunt you, he threatened with a grin. And that, she said, is the only reason why I haven't tried.
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She wept with shame for her lack of will and with fear for a love she couldn't control.
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An answering smile drifted across his tanned face. What is mine, I intend to keep.
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His gaze held hers, and his voice was tender and rough. “Love me, Elizabeth.” Elizabeth felt a tremor run through her entire body, but she looked at him without flinching. “I do.
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