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Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life

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I never, ever took you for granted. We met too late for that; I was nearly thirty-three by then, and my past without you was too stark and insistent for me to find the miracle of companionship ordinary.

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That boy hardly needed a mask when his naked face was already impenetrable.

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The secret is that there is no secret.

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There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain. . . . Unlike the slight implications of quotidian dilemmas that confront the average citizen in other areas of life. . . the stakes in this realm could not be higher. For chances are that at some point along the line you will hold in your hands another person's heart. There is no greater responsibility on the planet. However you contend with this fragile organ, which pounds or seizes in accordance with your caprice, will take your full measure.

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You were always uncomfortable with the rhetoric of emotion, which is quite a different matter from discomfort with emotion itself.

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The existence of other people is essentially awkward.

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