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Twice Upon a Marigold (Upon a Marigold, #2) QUOTES

Twice Upon a Marigold (Upon a Marigold, #2) QUOTES

1 " I figured that when there's no way of knowing what the future holds it's just as easy to believe it'll be good as to believe it'll be bad. "

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2 " I'm starting to believe that happily ever after includes people doing things that upset each other. We all get cranky, or impatient, or worried, or careless enough to do or say things that hurt someone else. Like it or not, that's normal. We can't blame it all on Olympia's bad energy. The important part is that we feel sorry about what we've done and make up for it. That's something Olympia never did. "

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3 " Congratulations. You have met your conscience. In my experience, the world is divided between those who have one and those who don't. And the ones with one are divided into those who will act on their conscience and those who won't. Those who will are, I'm afraid, the smallest category. They will *jeito*. It's Brazilian Portuguese. It means to find a way to get something done, no matter what the obstacles. "

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4 " I know it's important to do more than just complain when there's something you don't like. You need to try to do something about it, or you're nothing but a whiner. "

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5 " It was good, too, to remember how hard a lot of people had to work to keep a kingdom running well, and that it was simply good manners to let them know, from time to time, how valued they were. "

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6 " And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after. "

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7 " Knock, Knock."
"Who's there?"
"Olive."
"Olive who?"
"Olive...ooh. I love you, too," he said, figuring it out. "You can tell me that one anytime you like." He folded her into his arms. "

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8 " Some just wanted to be on the side of the good cookies. "

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9 " It's always hard to follow in the footsteps of a legend, especially when you don't even want to. "

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10 " No matter how good somebody's life looks from the outside, you can be sure there's something about it you wouldn't want to have in your life. "

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11 " You should work extra hard to be your best selves. True evil has a hard time operating in the face of strenuous manifestations of good. Especially if you act right away. The longer you let evil hang around and get a grip on you, the harder it is to get rid of it. "

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12 " We'll burn that bridge when we come to it! "

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13 " But it's tempting, isn't it, to give somebody like Olympia or Fenleigh a taste of their own medicine? To get even?'
I agree it's tempting. *Really* tempting. But it doesn't solve anything. It just perpetuates the problem by making us as bad as them. And we don't need any more of them, do we? "

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14 " Christian looked at her fondly. When she was happy, so was he. "

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