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• The problem with the heart is how it can have so many opposite feelings coursing through it all at the same time. It's really an inconsistent thing- appreciating something one minute and hating it the next.

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  Hate, Heart, Opposites

  Joan Bauer (2006). “Best Foot Forward”, p.73, Penguin

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• My father always told me that in this world we are going to make a truckload of mistakes, but the best mistake we can ever make is to err on the side of mercy

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  Mistake, Father, World

  Joan Bauer (2006). “Best Foot Forward”, p.26, Penguin

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• Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.

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  Morning, Sometimes, Gates

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• It was February sixth: eight days until Valentine's Day. I was dateless, as usual, deep in the vice grip of unrequited love. It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer in America who stuck hearts and cupids in their windows by January second to rub it in.

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  New Year, Valentine, Heart

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• ...motherhood should be like driving a car -- you should have to pass a test before you can do it legally.

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  Motherhood, Should Have, Car

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.13, Penguin

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• Infatuation cannot be sustained indefinitely, my friend. Love that embraces the entire person is a monumental gift that takes time to grow.

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  Infatuation, Friend Love, Embrace

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.1, Penguin

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• I've never said this to a girl before." I bit my lip, waiting. "Well..." He looked down. "I'm not sure how to say this." He took a deep breath and announced, "I really like fighting evil with you.

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  Girl, Fighting, Evil

  Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.101, Penguin

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• I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a fake marble pillar. I was hiding because if he knew I'd been secretly photographing him for all these months he would think I was immature, neurotic and obsessive. I'm not. I'm an artist. Artists are always misunderstood.(Thwonk)

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  Distance, Taken, Artist

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• New places always help us look at life differently

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  Looks, Helping, New Places

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.13, Penguin

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• It takes a great cook to pull life truth from poultry.

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  Poultry, Cooks, Truth Of Life

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• "You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil.""Good will triumph over evil," said Richard. "Liar."

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  Liars, Lying, Evil

  "Squashed". Book by Joan Bauer, 1992.

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• Some things go too deep for words.

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  Too Deep

  Joan Bauer (1999). “Rules of the road”

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• Will we have bodyguards?" "We're not quite set up for that. But with all these mothers, you don't need them.

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  Mother, Needs, Bodyguard

  Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.177, Penguin

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• It seemed to me that the people who made the rules of the road had figured out everything that would help a person drive safely right down to having a sign that tells you you're passing through a place where deer cross. Somebody should stick up some signs on the highway of life. CAUTION: JERKS CROSSING. Blinking yellow lights when you're about to to something stupid. Stop signs in front of people who could hurt you. Green lights shining when you're doing the right thing. It would make the whole experience easier.

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  Hurt, Stupid, Light

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• You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them, all they hoped to be and could give back to the world.

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  Dream, Loss, Giving

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• He stood up, put the tree back under the grow light. 'There. That's what's going to happen to us. It's called grafting. Taking something from one place and fixing it to another until they grow together. We didn't start from the same tree, but we're going to grow together like we did.

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  Light, Tree, Together

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.114, Penguin

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• It was probably easier in the old days when the bad guys rode into town wearing black capes or whatever bad guys wore and the milk cows were ownded by honest people. Right off the bat, you'd know who you were dealing with. Now everybody dresses alike.

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  Wearing Black, People, Guy

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• If you worry about every little thing you're going to have one thoroughly miserable life.

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  Worry, Littles, Little Things

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• Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won.

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  Teenage, War, Cutting

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• You know where we got stuck? We were looking for faithfull, loving and perfect relationships-males who were always glad to see us." "So?" "We already have that!" "What do you mean?" "We've got dogs!

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  Dog, Mean, Perfect

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• Teenagers are like bees at night, I think. We don't like waking up and we don't always get with the program immediately, but once we figure out our mission, we'll see it through.

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  Teenager, Night, Thinking

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• it's a complete rush to get what you've been hoping for - to get it so full and complete that it fills your senses.

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  Senses

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• Toys "R" Us. Zack put on a wool cap and sunglasses. "You look like a bank robber," I observed. "No toy is safe.

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  Wool, Sunglasses, Looks

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• Mom put dense cheddar bread into a bag for a man who said this was his wife's favorite - he'd driven all the way from New Jersey to buy it because today was their anniversary. Several women in the store jabbed their husbands on hearing this. I hung my head - Peter Terris wouldn't cross the street to buy me a Twinkie.

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  Mom, Husband, Men

  Joan Bauer (2005). “Thwonk”, p.17, Penguin

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• Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope.

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  Needs, Fudge, Helping

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