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Loneliness in a crowd of people was the worst kind of loneliness, but she couldn't help it

Had there ever been a time when she enjoyed the moment without worrying that something bad was about to happen? Had she ever lived without protecting herself?

"You know me. I think about the journey, not the destination. You can wast your whole life thinking about where you're going, and then one day you wake up and realize you missed today because you were thinking about tomorrow. I like to live in the moment."

She knew exactly how he would have felt because she'd felt it, too, that brutal loss of someone who was part of you. Like ripping away flesh and muscle down to the bone, the wound going so deep it never really heald. Eventually it closed over the surface, leaving bruises and scars invisible to the naked eye.

"Don't know how you can bear to live in a city. Too many people and not enough space. I wouldn't be able to stand it, having to fight for my own patch of air to breathe."

I found myself smiling privately. For once in my life I felt I was part of something and that the people who mattered liked me for who I was. I wasn't a 'background person' lost in a crowd, or the foreground only by association. I felt I could handle anything.

There was no way this was love. It was a serious case of lust with a whole lot of like and laughter thrown in.

"Are you saying I have a short attention span?"
"Not at all. I'm saying there's a fire in you that drives everything you do, that makes you need to better the world and those you love. To stand up for those you can't. It's one of the wonderful things about you."

"Life's like that," he said. "As we grow and change, sometimes things we've experienced before take on new meaning. It'll happen for the rest of your life."

"Shave that Moses beard and you might have better luck. Women don't want to kiss carpet, you know."

"There's more to this amazing body than awe-inspiring abs. I have a pair of ears, too, and they happen to work superbly."

"You're dangerous," he says.
"Why?"
"Because you make me believe in the impossible."

"Do I hear a challenge?" she whisper, then leans forward and says against my lips, "Oh, Carlos. You know I can't resist a challenge."

"I'm mad at you."
Man, I'm gettin' heat from all sides today. "Take a number and get in line, kid."

"Normal? I'm not normal enough for you?" Carlos says.

When in doubt, sound confident-it confuses the guys who are about to wipe the floor with you.

• Jeg har alltid rett, visste du ikke det?
• Vel, jeg tror vi skal la det ligge, siden vi prøver å skape harmoni her inne i kveld, svarte hun tørt.

• Du er mitt hjem, svarte han hest. - Jeg er der du er, og Odin er ikke det mest dyrebare jeg har. Det er du. Han kommer på en god andreplass, la han til. - Men du troner øverst helt alene.

Fortid er fortid, vi har mer enn nok med å tenke på dagen i dag og i morgen, pleide moren å avspise henne med.

"Bare kall meg hva du vil, for det biter ikke på meg likevel," erklærte Ola med et hark.