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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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From the moment I told her about my dad, it was as if her whole body sighed in relief. As if someone else’s misery comforted her, made her feel as if she wasn’t alone.
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Maggie squeezes my hand. It’s a silent message that everything will be okay. Somehow I believe her. In the end everything will be okay. But hurdles have to be jumped through first.
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I've had more students die than I ever thought possible. My husband urges me to quit Fairfield and teach at some school without gang members who live their lives only to die or end up as drug dealers.
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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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Guys are control freaks and hate when other people know what's best for them
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Music is my drug, the one thing that makes me numb.
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How funny it is that the most unlikely person sometimes becomes your ally.
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You’re dangerous,” he says. “Why?” “Because you make me believe in the impossible
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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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I don't play games with people's lives like you do.
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No, the next time i kiss you it'll last a long, long time. And then when we're done you're gonna realize being turned on is not about experience
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Say something, Amy, Miranda insists. Something positive. I'm sure it'll make you feel better. Okay, Miranda. I've got it. I motion the girls to lean in close to hear my words. At least I'm not dead. How's that for positivity? I have to admit it does make me feel better.
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Carlos, are we in complete understanding with each other?” “Yeah,” I say. “As long as it’s not in your house and you don’t know about it, you’re okay with us messin’ around.” “I know you’re joking with me. You are joking with me, aren’t you?” “Maybe.
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We kiss all the time. I clear my throat, then add, We just...do it in private.
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I realise it’s going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I’ve ever met, wants to kiss me.
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And right this second I want to live in ignorant bliss.
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Please, amigo. We need you, Kimosabe, O Mighty Powerful One. We need you more than the earth rises in the west. The sun rises in the east, dickhead. Only if you're standing on the earth. If you're on the moon, the earth rises in the west.
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Our lie is like a cancer that's spread to every single area of our lives.
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Want to get in trouble with me, Carlos?
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