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Normal is all relative.
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Normal
Relative
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May we all be doomed to a happy life.
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Doomed
Happy Life
May
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For some heroes, nothing is impossible
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Hero
Impossible
Nothing Is Impossible
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It can't be 'true' love without the truth
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Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.
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Hmm
Sometimes
Wisest
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I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot.
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Idiot
Rage
Thinking
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She needed him to keep her sane, to make her laugh, to feel complete
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Feels
Laughing
Needed
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Quit dwelling on other people's stories and make up some of your own.
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Dwelling
People
Stories
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If you want anything to work, Sunday, you're going to have to believe it
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Believe
Sunday
Want
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Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.
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Lost
Nothing To Lose
Taken
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Somethings were meant to be and somethings were just meant to be good stories
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Be Good
Stories
Were Meant To Be
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Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.
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Littles
Too Much
World
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The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.
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Bad Times
Good Times
Interesting
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I am a big fan of the web comic 'Strong Female Protagonist,' illustrated by Molly Ostertag.
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Comic
Strong Female
I Am Big Big Fan
Big Fan
I Am Big Fan Fan
Illustrated
Molly
Protagonist
Web
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He could not change the man he had been, but these hands would make him the man he could be
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Men
Hands
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All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.
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Born Again
Heal
Scar
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If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?
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Fantasy
Indulge In
Interesting
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Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.
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Creativity
Essence
World
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First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.
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Coincidence
Firsts
Flukes
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Sharon Shinn's Samaria is a world populated by refugees from a ravaged Earth, also many, many years in the future.
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Sharon
Refugees
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No one thought that the Disney Superpower had the ability to laugh at itself, but 'Enchanted' proved everyone wrong.
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Enchanted
Disney
Proved
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Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor--and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect.
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Kings
Country
Cousin
Fey
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I have always loved really dense, complicated stories with lots of layers, tons of obscure literary references, and a plethora of inside jokes.
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Dense
Layers
Obscure
Literary
References
Tons
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Dream of me, my beloved family, happy in my plundering and adventuring, for when the waves rock me to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of you.
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Dream
Rocks
Sleep
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Every so often, I am thanked for being 'unapologetically me.' I treasure those moments, those people, and remember them every time I'm feeling timid.
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Moments
Treasure
Time I Am Me
Time Me Remember
Every Time
Timid
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Kindred’s tale is a romantic, mature, and lyrical collage of heaven, hell, and a magical royal legend. The combination is divinely—and demonically—inspired.
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Heaven
Legends
Royal
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Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?
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Answers
Looks
Stories
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We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.
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Wise
Angel
Blessed
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Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.
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People
Tears
Together
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'Enchanted' illustrates how impractical fairy-tale ideals are in the World As We Know It, and yet, Giselle's unabashed optimism always seems to magically find its time and place.
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Enchanted
Ideals
Time Always World
Illustrate
Impractical
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Sharon Shinn is a lover of words and a builder of worlds. She makes science-fiction seem like fantasy. Her characters jump off the page, finding their way under your skin and into your heart.
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Builder
Fantasy
Sharon
Lover
Jump
Page
Worlds
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I have lived a life full of love and pain, of Joy and Sorrow, and I live on still. i have many, many years ahead of me, each day with the potential to be filled to the brim with trials to face and challenges to overcome.
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Joy
Pain
Years
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It took me a long time to learn how to be brave enough to put myself out there and try everything, no matter how strange or silly. If I can impart that same wisdom to other folks - no matter what age - it would be an honor.
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Be Brave
Brave
Honor
Impart
Silly
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Have you ever had that moment when you looked back on something and said, 'Well, gosh, that seems obvious now... why didn't I see it then?' I like to call this the Face Palm Epiphany. Oh, hindsight, you magical, humbling thing.
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Epiphany
Hindsight
Humbling
Obvious
Palm
Gosh
Magical
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I was a math whiz who stunk at English, so of course I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. I performed impromptu plays for my grandmother's sewing circle but forced my little sister to ask for ketchup at McDonald's.
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Sister
Math
Sewing
Ask
Writer
English
Circle
Course
Forced
Impromptu
Mcdonald
More Than Anything
Performed
Plays
Whiz
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There are four things that make a man fight as you just did," the duke explained to Rumbold. "Love, despair, anger, or insanity." Erik counted them off on his fingers. "Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.
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Men
Fighting
Taken
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No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold.
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Men
Broken Heart
Grieving
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In music, on stage and on screen, fairy tales have always been guaranteed moneymakers. It's no wonder then, that in these difficult economic times, there are fairy tales everywhere you turn. From 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Grimm,' to 'Mirror, Mirror' and 'Snow White and the Huntsman.'
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Music
Difficult
Economic
Fairy
Snow
Snow White
Stage
Tales
White
Wonder
Everywhere
Time Mirror Always
Time Music Difficult
Economic Times
Times
Fairy Tales
Guaranteed
Mirror
No Wonder
Screen
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While not my personal favorite of the Disney princess films, 'The Little Mermaid' wins hands-down in my book for best Disney adaptation. Little girls waited for more than 150 years for Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' to have a happy ending. Walt Disney finally gave it to her.
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Adaptation
Book
Mermaid
Princess
Favorite
Disney
Ending
Films
Finally
Gave
Happy Ending
Little Girls
Personal
Waited
Wins
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If your reading habits are anything like mine, then you can remember the exact moment that certain books came into your life. You remember where you were standing and whom you were with. You remember the feel of the book in your hands and the cover, that exact cover, even if the art has changed over the years.
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Standing
Cover
Exact
Habits
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Velius--so who is she? no wait, let me guess. skin of the finest porcelain. hair of the softest silk. a voice like birdsong, a smile like sunshine, and a mouth that would sate your brightest and darkest wishes Rumbold-- You've m-met her? Velius--oh yes, my friend. we all know her. we've all pursued her. some of us have even been lucky enough to have her. we've been drunk on her sin, become fools of her favor. she might have borne a different face each time, but her name was always the same. Trouble
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Hair
Names
Sunshine
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