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Our hearts resemble houses constructed by our parents. When we're young and something breaks they repair the damage. As we get older we learn how to maintain and protect our own houses. First we have to learn how to welcome guests. We may deliberately allow them to enter our intimate lives. Some stay a short time and others stay longer. Some may damage our home or even steal from us. Still, in the end we each need someone to love our home and to become a part of it." ~ Bammer

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Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything." ~ Khaled Hosseini

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I believe there're other forms of intelligence in the universe. I've seen and heard some pretty convincing UFO stuff. Besides, if we're the most intelligent things in the universe…well…that's just depressing." ~ Rekha Sharma

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Being a teen is always tough, but being a teen NOW, in the middle of this global shitshow, plus social media, plus cyber bullying, plus call out culture … it's just got to be fucking AWFUL. My heart goes out to every teen who is just trying to figure out what the fuck is going on with themselves, and also has to live with all that bullshit." ~ Will Wheaton

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I'm tired… I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head, all the time. Can you understand?" ~ Stephen King

Every damn day, Stephen. Every damn day.

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I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don't feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid's runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it's difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it's done for me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (I'm not a big one for paying compliments…), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter." ~ Jonathan Carroll

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It may be shocking to some, but being someone's daughter actually isn't a career qualification. It hurts our diplomatic standing when the President phones it in & the world moves on. The US needs our President working the G20. Bringing a qualified diplomat couldn't hurt either." ~ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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The country is fiercely divided between those who still believe 2 + 2 = 4 and people wholly untethered from reality, and there is little chance the two sides will ever come together again.

Thanks for attending my TED Talk. Help yourself to a complimentary Xanax on the way out." ~ Rex Huppke

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Evangelical Christians are tying themselves to an institution—the GOP—that is actively alienating college-educated voters, minority voters and younger voters. Evangelicals are thus entrenching a public perception that their movement consists of old, white Christians who want to restore lost social status through political power. Maybe this is because the perception is often accurate." ~ Michael Gerson, The Washington Post

For Ben

I love him not for the way he dances with my angels but for the sound of his voice can silence my demons." ~ (paraphrasing) Christopher Poindexter

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I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow." ~ Margaret Mitchell

And that my friends, pretty much sums up my thoughts about the state of humanity these days. But there's no guarantee "I'll think about that tomorrow" because EVERYTHING is SO. FUCKING. DEPRESSING.

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Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them." ~ Jodi Picoult

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If only we wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is difficult, since we think them happier than they are." ~ Charles De Montesquieu