But I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a good-bye at all.

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You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

Don't think or judge, just listen.

Don't think or judge, just listen.

You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason...

You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason...

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow...

Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow...

I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of...

I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of...

Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a...

Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a...

You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best...

You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best...

Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can...

Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can...

Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if...

Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if...

There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is...

There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is...

Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just...

Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just...

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.

Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always...

Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always...

I wondered which was harder, in the end. The act of telling, or who you...

I wondered which was harder, in the end. The act of telling, or who you...

No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world...

No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world...

All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces...

All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces...

It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one...

It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one...

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching...

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching...