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If there's one thing I learned, it's that nobody is here forever. You have to live for the moment, each and every day . . . the here, the now.

Simone Elkeles

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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Great minds think alike.
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My brain tells me it will be better to just let him go. My heart... not so much.
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Since you came back from summer break, our entire relationship is about fooling around. We never talk anymore, and I'm sick of feeling guilty for not ripping my clothes off and spreading my legs to prove I love you.
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Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunlight on all who look down upon her?
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I’m staring into chocolate eyes. although my brain is clouded and I’m dizzy, I know enough to register that chocolate is the opposite of blue. I don’t want blue. Blue confuses me too much. Chocolate is straight-forward, easier to deal with.
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...personal torture instructor...I mean physical therapist.
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I eye Chuy like a pitcher in baseball does when a guy leads too far off base.
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If you let him go and he doesn't come back to you, he wasn't yours to begin with. It's a lesson learned in first grade
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And my piece of advice is...don't flirt with any of the female instructors. They all have access to weapons bigger than yours.
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Consider me your candy stripper... I mean striper.
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When my eyes meet his gaze as we're sitting here staring at each other, time stops. Those eyes are piercing mine, and I can swear at this moment he senses the real me. The one without the attitude, without the facade[...]
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Three things Marco taught me today race through my mind: boys will lie to your face just to have sex with you, don't trust any boy who says I love you, and never date a boy who lives on the south side of Fairfield.
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Isn't that why we're put on this earth to begin with, to make it a better place? It's not a religious quest it's a humanitarian one.
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The end of one thing is just the beginning of another.
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Football players are misunderstood. They arent the dumb jocks people think they are.
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This is a team of gay dudes, isn't it? What gave it away? The pink shirts, or half our team drooling over you?
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You know about fixing cars, you're athletic, and you know when to shut up. That last one isn't a skill. Honey, trust me. It's a skill.
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