Camille Pagan Quotes

#1. Being something for someone else is a perfectly good waste of a life, isn't it?

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#2. When something comes to you so easily, it may leave that same way, and you'll be left wondering if it ever was at all.

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#3. to be compassionate with myself, even when my will is weak and my body fails me; to give myself freely to those I love, even when it means my heart may be broken; and to live fully and completely while I have the chance - just

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#4. at the sky, thinking about space and time and my mother, who was both my past and my present, and who, for all I knew, was up there twinkling somewhere. He

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#5. seats to choose from; I took one behind him to the right,

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#6. Trust me, it's the weight of someone else's expectation that's the hardest to lose.

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#7. This isn't a fight; it's a tough thing to talk about. There's a difference.

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#8. At one point I found myself simultaneously cursing him and reaching for the phone to call him and tell him all about how my terrible husband had wronged me, as if there were two versions of him: the imposter who had just hurt me, and the real Tom, who would curse imposter Tom and make it all better.

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#9. *marissa tries to get her single, working mother's attention by suggesting something outrageous, to which mom replies:*

'You're a smart girl. Use your head and avoid any guy who reminds you of your father.

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#10. guts you, then saunters away as the vultures swoop down to steal what's left. I knew that.

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#11. Laura tells herself, This is now, and feels happy because the now could not be forgotten as it was happening.

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#12. The unfixable nature of never - that's what makes it so terrible to bear.

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#13. the only things I needed for spiritual redemption were sand and water, authentic Mexican food, and buckets of margaritas.

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#14. as bitter and medicinal as the martini was, I set about drinking it as though each sip would make it more appetizing. Which proved to be true. Five

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#15. But then my lower lip started trembling and a fog of sadness rose through my chest and head, emerging as tears.

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#16. I was lonely at times, but not alone.

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#17. And as for you and those damn ten pounds you're always complaining about? I think you should just stop obsessing and start living.

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#18. Perfect." He hugged me. "Spoiler alert!" "What is it?" I asked warily. "Everything's going to be fine, Libby," he said, hugging me again. "I just know it.

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#19. Tom, Tom, Tom," I said, fingering the top of the knife bar, which was dusty; I'd take care of that later. "You lost the right to ask for sympathy about three minutes ago. Now get out of our home before I stab you again.

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