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.

Quote by Sarah Dessen

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being...

That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being...

Don't think or judge, just listen.

Don't think or judge, just listen.

This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They...

This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They...

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...

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

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

We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a...

We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a...

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.

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a...

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a...

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...

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.

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...

Wherever you will go, I will let you down, But this lullaby goes on.

Wherever you will go, I will let you down, But this lullaby goes on.

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...

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...

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...