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Walking Your Path Doesn't Mean You Don't Hurt, It Means The Pain Is Worth The Progress. Sometimes You Have To Break Something Down In Order To Remake It, And That Includes Yourself, Or It Did For Me. There Were Moments When I Wept For An Easier Road, But In The End I Would Not Trade My Path For Anyone Else's. It Is Mine And The Traveling Of It Has Made Me Who I Am, And Continues To Shape And Remold Me Into The Best, Happiest, Most Productive, Most Playful Me, I've Ever Been.

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Laurell K. Hamilton

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Walking Your Path Doesn't Mean You Don't Hurt, It Means The Pain Is Worth The Progress. Sometimes You Have To Break Something Down In Order To Remake It, And That Includes Yourself, Or It Did For Me. There Were Moments When I Wept For An Easier Road, But In The End I Would Not Trade My Path For Anyone Else's. It Is Mine And The Traveling Of It Has Made Me Who I Am, And Continues To Shape And Remold Me Into The Best, Happiest, Most Productive, Most Playful Me, I've Ever Been.

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Judgmental Person

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Graves Are For The Living, Not The Dead. It Gives Us Something To Concentrate On Instead Of The Fact That Our Loved One Is Rotting Under The Ground.

Guarantees Are For Major Appliances, Not For Murder.

Most Hatred Is Based On Fear, One Way Or Another. Yeah. I Wrapped Myself In Anger, With A Dash Of Hate, And At The Bottom Of It All Was An Icy Center Of Pure Terror.

What Does It Mean When The Monsters Are So Afraid Of You That You Make Them Cry? That Maybe Monster Depends On Which End Of The Gun Your On, Or That I Was Just That Good At My Job.

I'm Not Terribly Fond Of Soapboxes.

Fear Will Keep You Alive; Indifference Won't.

You Can Never Have Too Much Coffee”, I Said He Turned And Smiled At Me. “you Think So, But The Rest Of Us Get A Little Od’ed On Your Level Of Caffeine.

Vampires Can Live A Very Long Time, Theoretically Forever, Which Means Their Idea Of Getting Down To Business Can Be Damn Leisurely.

Sometimes The Monsters Are Real, Anita. Sometimes They’re Real And The Only Way To Defeat Them Is To Be The Bigger Monster.' - Chang Bibi To Anita

Not Knowing A Thing Is Not Ignorance. Feigning Knowledge You Don't Have Can Be--sholto

Pity Is An Emotion That Can Get You Killed. The Only Thing More Dangerous Is Blind Hate, And Maybe Love.

What Is It About Her That Is So Goddamned Special?

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