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121 " Busy" has become a trigger word in our marriage. Adam wears his busyness like a badge. Like a Boy Scout. It is something he is proud of : a status symbol of his success. It makes him feel important "
― Alice Feeney , Rock Paper Scissors
122 " I immediately regret saying it, but words don't come with gift receipts and you can't take them back. "
123 " You can’t unbreak an egg when you’ve already whisked it into an omelette. "
124 " Some people say that marriage is like wine and gets better with age, but I guess it all depends on the grapes. There are definitely years that were more pleasurable than others, and I’d have bottled them if I could. "
125 " Marriage is either a winning lottery ticket or a straitjacket "
126 " But then, isn’t love like breathing? Isn’t it instinct? Something we’re born knowing how to do? Or is love like speaking French? If nobody teaches you, you’ll never be fluent, and if you don’t practice you forget how … "
127 " I don’t know who I’m supposed to be if I can’t be the me I dreamed to be "
128 " Secrets are only secrets for the people who don’t know them yet. They can morph into lies when shared, and like caterpillars turning into butterflies, beautiful lies can fly far, far away. "
129 " Enjoy the stories of other people's lives, but don't forget to live your own "
130 " The lies we tell ourselves are always the most dangerous, and I know that sometimes the thoughts that we hide in the margins of our minds are the most honest, because they are ours alone. "
131 " In real life he was a collection of unfinished sentences "
132 " Life is like a game where pawns can become queens, but not everyone knows how to play. Some people stay pawn their whole lives because they never learned to make the right moves. "
133 " Then they have to catch their children before they fall too far, but that part is the same for all parents. "
134 " Sometimes a lie is the kindest truth you can tell a person, including yourself. "
135 " My fingerprints are all over his heartbreak "
136 " Most people go through life with their eyes shut. And books are good at hiding all kinds of things, especially closed books, just like closed people. "
137 " Dreams are like dresses in a shop window; they look pretty, but sometimes don't fit when you try them on "
138 " To have wasted so much of our lives by not really living them makes me feel so sad. "
139 " our memories of the past can make liars of us all. "
140 " There must be fifty sets of our faces reflected back at us. "