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• When people hurt us, the best thing to do isn’t to ask why they did it but to remind ourselves that it wasn’t our fault.

  Michael Thomas Ford

  Hurt, People, Faults

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• Instead of doing the best thing, we sometimes have to settle for the rightest thing.

  Jodi Picoult

  Sometimes, Settling

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible!

  Mario Vargas Llosa

  Writing, Fiction, Writing Fiction

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• One prefers, of course, on all occasions to be stainless and above reproach, but, failing that, the next best thing is unquestionably to have got rid of the body.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Body, Next, Failing

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• The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.

  Graham Greene

  Talking, Next

  Graham Greene (1974). “The end of the affair”, Vintage

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• Want to know the best thing about teaching? Seeing that moment when a kid discovers his or her gift. There's no feeling on earth like it.

  Stephen King

  Teaching, Kids, Feelings

  Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.413, Simon and Schuster

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• But maybe the best thing I learnt was this: that we cannot know a person's soul and nature until we've sat beside them, and talked.

  Susan Fletcher

  Soul, Sat, Persons

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• In reality of everyday occurrences I've had to submit to people in order not to lose them. It's less the submission that bothers me, I guess, than how it makes my life miserable. And what happens if I can't forgive myself for making that choice? And what if, in order to keep on living, I have to continue to accept myself? What am I supposed to do? Conclusion: It'd be best if I'm destroyed. The best thing is for me just to vanish.

  Natsuo Kirino

  Reality, Order, People

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• Surely you know that if a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood looking for the church that "suits" him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches.

  C. S. Lewis

  Men, Church, Next

  C. S. Lewis (2009). “Paved with Good Intentions: A Demon’s Road Map to Your Soul”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain... The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion... and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself--ultimate cost for perfect value

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Pain, Things In Life, Agony

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.76, Penguin

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• Be yourself,its the best thing you can be.

  Selena Gomez

  Being Yourself

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• And really, how insulting is it that to suggest that the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things? I'm betting some of those women would like to do great things of their own.

  Jessica Valenti

  People, Insulting, Incredibles

  Jessica Valenti (2012). “Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth about Parenting and Happiness”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It's hard to explain and best thing to do is not be false.

  Jack Kerouac

  Things To Do, Hard

  Jack Kerouac (2011). “Big Sur”, p.24, Penguin

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• The unknown is scary the Unknown can also be exciting. Your life could change in an instant anytime. But sometimes, that change is the best thing that will ever happen to you.Maybe I don’t have to know what my fate is to know that everything will be okay. Maybe the not knowing is how we move forward. Wherever I’m headed, I know it’s exactly where I’m supposed to be.

  Susane Colasanti

  Moving, Fate, Knowing

  Susane Colasanti (2010). “Something Like Fate”, p.159, Penguin

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• The next chamber is full of songbirds, if I remember right. Their music is like turtleweed. It will put you to sleep if you listen to it. They sleep most of the time, so the best thing is to pass through without waking them up. If they do awaken, then you must sing loud enough to drown out their music." "Great," Han said. "Whose idea was that?" "It seemed like a good idea at the time," Crow said. "I was an excellent singer.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Sleep, Ideas, Bird

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• People take love's continuity for granted, just as they take their body's continuity for granted. They don't realize that the best thing about love is its regular presence. Once you can establish that, it's an added foundation to your life.

  David Levithan

  Love Is, People, Foundation

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.39, Egmont UK

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• It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found.

  Stephen King

  Hurt, Found, Courses

  Stephen King (2012). “The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• Men tend to remember the best things about the women they've loved and to forget the worst, which is why so many men make the same mistakes with women again and again. Women tend to forget the best things about the men they've loved and to remember the worst, which is why so many women become bitter about men.

  James Carlos Blake

  Mistake, Men, Bitter

  James Carlos Blake (2015). “The House of Wolfe: A Border Noir”, p.98, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over.

  Jodi Picoult

  Knowing, Starting Over, Tasks

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• I almost let the best thing that ever happened to me slip away because I was hung up on ideas of what I ‘should’ want. Sometimes there is no ‘should,’ there’s only a single chance to grab on to happiness.

  Nalini Singh

  Ideas, Want, Chance

  Nalini Singh (2011). “Kiss of Snow”, p.128, Penguin

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• I can't say when you'll get love or how you'll find it or even promise you that you will. I can only say you are worthy of it and that it's never too much to ask for it and that it's not crazy to fear you'll never have it again, even though your fears are probably wrong. Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It's the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It's worthy of all the hullabaloo.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Crazy, Love Is, Giving

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.158, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I have very few rules in life, but one of them is to never decline an adventure. The others are: to avoid becoming romantically entangled with sea creatures; to always ask for what you want, because the worst thing that can happen is embarrassment but the best thing that can happen is nudity; to demand ready money up front; and to never play cards with Catarina Loss.

  Cassandra Clare

  Adventure, Loss, Sea

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2015). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

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• My feet are always cold. I'm a vampire," he said in a teasing voice, almost as if he was trying to chase away Holiday's somberness. "And if I remember correctly, you complained about that last night." He slowed down and slipped his arm around Holiday. "Marrying you doesn't scare me a bit. It's the best thing that could ever happen to me. I'd never run out on you. I'll be the first one to the church.

  C.C. Hunter

  Running, Holiday, Night

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• If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.

  Carol S. Dweck

  Children, Mistake, Giving

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• The best things in life are free. The second best things are very, very expensive.

  Coco Chanel

  Things In Life, Second Best, Cool Status

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