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She never thought she was good at making friends. But maybe she was just trying to be friends with the wrong people.

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People, Trying, Making Friends

Sarah Addison Allen (2011). “The Peach Keeper: A Novel”, p.178, Bantam

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I think Heaven will be like a first kiss.

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Kissing, Thinking, Heaven

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Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off.

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Suffering, Going Away, Peppers

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When your cup is empty, you do not mourn what is gone. Because if you do, you will miss the opportunity to fill it again.

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Opportunity, Missing, Cups

Sarah Addison Allen (2014). “Lost Lake”, p.223, St. Martin's Press

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No one should ever compromise the dignity of another human being.

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Dignity, Compromise, Should

Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.115, Bantam

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But that would leave Paxton to fend for herself, and the last thing any woman wanted in this kind of situation was to look around and see all the people who could help her doing nothing.

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People, Looks, Doing Nothing

Sarah Addison Allen (2011). “The Peach Keeper: A Novel”, p.82, Bantam

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He might be tall enough to see into tomorrow, but he hadn’t looked there in a long, long time. He’d forgotten how bright it was. So bright he could hardly stand it.

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Long, Might, Tomorrow

Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.221, Bantam

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It was like she was MADE of cake, light and pretty and decorated on the outside-with her sweet laugh and pink streak to her hair-but it was anyone's guess what was on the inside.

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Sweet, Light, Hair

Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.24, Bantam

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Those who decided to stick with her would be her true friends. The others would just be scenery.

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True Friend, Would Be, Sticks

Sarah Addison Allen (2011). “The Peach Keeper: A Novel”, p.204, Bantam

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It took me a long time to realize this: We get to choose what defines us.

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Inspirational, Being Yourself, Time

Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.100, Bantam

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Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.

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Light, Steps, Youth

Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.135, Bantam

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We have history, you and I. You just don’t know it yet.

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Knows

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You are who you are, whether you like it or not, so why not like it?

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Why Not, You Like It, Who You Are

Sarah Addison Allen (2007). “Garden Spells”, p.200, Bantam

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If we measured life in the things that almost happened, we wouldn't get anywhere.

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Happened, Ifs

Sarah Addison Allen (2014). “Lost Lake”, p.105, St. Martin's Press

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Men of thoughtless actions are always surprised by consequences.

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Men, Action, Consequence

Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.13, Bantam

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She was so Southern that she cried tears that came straight from the Mississippi, and she always smelled faintly of cottonwood and peaches.

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Southern, Tears, Peaches

Sarah Addison Allen (2007). “Garden Spells”, p.76, Bantam

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How we see the world changes all the time. It all depends on our mood.

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World, Mood, Depends

Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.107, Bantam

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Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over.

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Men, Trying, Superstitions

Sarah Addison Allen (2011). “The Peach Keeper: A Novel”, p.9, Bantam

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Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.

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Inspirational, Life, Sad

Sarah Addison Allen (2008). “The Sugar Queen”, p.70, Bantam

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all we have is our deep and abiding love for each other. We can't loose that or we loose ourselves. If we don't help each other, who will?

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Abiding, Helping, Ifs

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She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.

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Autumn, Fruit, Aging

Sarah Addison Allen (2007). “Garden Spells”, p.156, Bantam

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But relying on one person for your every need is so dangerous. One set of hands isn't enough to keep you from falling.

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Fall, Hands, Needs

Sarah Addison Allen (2014). “Lost Lake”, p.105, St. Martin's Press

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When you're a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury, a frivolity, like a bubble bath.

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Growing Up, Teenager, Luxury

Sarah Addison Allen (2012). “The Peach Keeper”, p.132, Hachette UK

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The words were strung in the air like garland. She could almost see them.

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Air, Garlands

Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.117, Bantam

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...she was still water in his hands. He didn't know how to hold on.

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Hands, Water, Stills

Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.171, Bantam

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