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What do you collect? I collect wine corks, art supplies, cycling swag, puppy love kisses, trucker hats and tank tops. I also have a collection of special adoptions from Iraq, Turkey, Dubai, and my time spent while overseas.

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Be strong enough to walk away from something that no longer helps you evolve.

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Your love is a lottery and I might forget the numbers I bet, but I won’t forget we won. I know the victory of us.

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Remember that your left lung is smaller than your right lung, simply to make room for the heart you hold within your chest.

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6. You’re afraid that you were the common factor in all of your past relationships and of course it is you, the evolving yet unchanging you, who is at fault in your repetitive tragedy.

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I’ve noticed I remember more clearly the details of a book, after I’ve listened to it.

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I have already grown bored with him, already played with him enough times and want a new toy. I wish he would disappear and remain a bittersweet memory, a trophy to add to my collection of dozens.

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That one stupid thing you said two years ago that has somehow become your favorite subject with which to torture yourself while trying to fall asleep. No one remembers it but you, no one cares, and you’re wasting your time over an imaginary problem.

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17. You do not need to be 2 steps ahead of everyone else. Think before you make decisions and you will be two steps ahead of yourself and that’s all that matters.

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It doesn’t automatically mean that the other person feels the same way.