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I want to live life on my own terms.

Simone Elkeles

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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There are no rules to attraction. Jake is nothing like who I wanted.
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Can I request another peer guide, One who isn't so happy to be at school at 7:30 a.m.?
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It's as if I'm taking away his pain and he's taking away mine.
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And I’m yours,” I tell him. “Forever and always and then some.
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I gave you my heart, but it wasn't enough.
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From the look of us, you'd never know we slept in the same bed last night and made out like the world was going to end if we stopped.
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From the moment I laid eyes on you I couldn't stop looking at you. From the moment we talked I couldn't stop arguing with you. From the moment we kissed I couldn't stop kissing you. And from the moment we shared our hopes, fears and insecurities I couldn't stop loving you.
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I never believed in love at first sight, until I met Derek. It's all-consuming and delicious and wonderful and exciting. At the same time, it makes me nervous and self-conscious and emotional. Love exists. I know it does, because I'm madly, deeply, hopelessly in love.
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Luis is right there.” I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard animals. I have yet to inform him that talent isn’t as much of a chick magnet when you get into junior high.
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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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Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who would be there when your own family wasn't. They would offer protection and security. It sounded perfect to a kid who'd lost his father.
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Being brave is not as easy as it looks.
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Why are you making a joke out of this? she asks. Because it's stupid, Nik. There's not even room in my day to think about someone else.
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Love is honesty. Love is a mutual respect for one another.
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Stop focusing on the bad stuff because life is too damn short.
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Thoughts of being a pirate and stealing her away to my ship race across my mind. Although I’m not a pirate, and she’s not my captured princess.
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Consider me your candy stripper... I mean striper.
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Thing is, I don't like ties. I like to win....by big margins.
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Did we kiss last night? Yes. Well, it wasn't memorable because I have no recollection of it. He laughs. I was kiddin'. We didn't kiss. He leans in. When we kiss you'll remember it.Forever.
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Stop thinking about Michael, Tuck orders. He was cute. So is a hairy ferret but I wouldn't want to date one. [...]
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