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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/30130-hell-is-empty-and-all-the-devils-are-here</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 06:45:02 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by William Shakespeare]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/30130-hell-is-empty-and-all-the-devils-are-here]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Hell is empty and all the devils are here." -- William Shakespeare]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4969-love-looks-not-with-the-eyes-but-with-the-mind</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 06:45:55 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by William Shakespeare]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4969-love-looks-not-with-the-eyes-but-with-the-mind]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd." -- William Shakespeare]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/33473-i-cannot-fix-on-the-hour-or-the-spot-or</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 23:18:25 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Jane Austen]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/33473-i-cannot-fix-on-the-hour-or-the-spot-or]]>
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	    <![CDATA["I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun." -- Jane Austen]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/78349-the-very-essence-of-romance-is-uncertainty</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 23:18:22 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Oscar Wilde]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/78349-the-very-essence-of-romance-is-uncertainty]]>
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	    <![CDATA["The very essence of romance is uncertainty." -- Oscar Wilde]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/246-the-unexamined-life-is-not-worth-living</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 23:24:02 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Socrates]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/246-the-unexamined-life-is-not-worth-living]]>
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	    <![CDATA["The unexamined life is not worth living." -- Socrates]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62495-they-didn-t-agree-on-much-in-fact-they-didn-t-agree</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 23:18:16 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Nicholas Sparks]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62495-they-didn-t-agree-on-much-in-fact-they-didn-t-agree]]>
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	    <![CDATA["They didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other." -- Nicholas Sparks]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/5251-sometimes-you-wake-up-sometimes-the-fall-kills-you-and</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 23:18:40 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Neil Gaiman]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/5251-sometimes-you-wake-up-sometimes-the-fall-kills-you-and]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly." -- Neil Gaiman]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/25106-do-one-thing-every-day-that-scares-you</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 23:18:36 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/25106-do-one-thing-every-day-that-scares-you]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Do one thing every day that scares you." -- Eleanor Roosevelt]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10874782-you-re-not-the-villain-in-my-story-i-am-he</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:24:45 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Raven Kennedy]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10874782-you-re-not-the-villain-in-my-story-i-am-he]]>
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	    <![CDATA["You’re not the villain in my story.” “I am,” he says without remorse, his sharp jaw tight with tension. “But I’ll be the villain for you. Not to you." -- Raven Kennedy]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10595684-the-moonlight-loved-her-but-not-as-much-as-my</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:34:13 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Danielle Lori]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10595684-the-moonlight-loved-her-but-not-as-much-as-my]]>
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	    <![CDATA["The moonlight loved her.
But not as much as my shadows." -- Danielle Lori]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/800358-yatho-hasta-thatho-drishti-yatho-drishti-thatho-manah-yatho-manah</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 06:42:10 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Natyashastra]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/800358-yatho-hasta-thatho-drishti-yatho-drishti-thatho-manah-yatho-manah]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Yatho Hasta thatho Drishti, Yatho Drishti thatho Manah
Yatho Manah thatho Bhaava, Yatho Bhaava thatho Rasa" -- Natyashastra]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9659910-we-often-mistake-love-for-fireworks---for-drama-and</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:46:29 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Alex Michaelides]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9659910-we-often-mistake-love-for-fireworks---for-drama-and]]>
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	    <![CDATA["...we often mistake love for fireworks - for drama and dysfunction.  But real love is very quiet, very still.  It's boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama.  Love is deep and calm - and constant." -- Alex Michaelides]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9675303-unexpressed-emotions-will-never-die-they-are-buried-alive-and</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:46:37 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Alex Michaelides]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9675303-unexpressed-emotions-will-never-die-they-are-buried-alive-and]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive, and will come forth later, in uglier ways. —SIGMUND FREUD" -- Alex Michaelides]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9677030-no-one-is-born-evil-as-winnicott-put-it-a</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:46:45 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Alex Michaelides]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9677030-no-one-is-born-evil-as-winnicott-put-it-a]]>
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	    <![CDATA["No one is born evil. As Winnicott put it, “A baby cannot hate the mother, without the mother first hating the baby." -- Alex Michaelides]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9718854-there-s-so-much-pain-everywhere-and-we-just-close-our</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:46:50 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Alex Michaelides]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9718854-there-s-so-much-pain-everywhere-and-we-just-close-our]]>
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	    <![CDATA["There’s so much pain everywhere, and we just close our eyes to it. The truth is we’re all scared. We’re terrified of each other." -- Alex Michaelides]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9717422-we-are-made-up-of-different-parts-some-good-some</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:46:58 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Alex Michaelides]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9717422-we-are-made-up-of-different-parts-some-good-some]]>
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	    <![CDATA["We are made up of different parts, some good, some bad, and a healthy mind can tolerate this ambivalence and juggle both good and bad at the same time. Mental illness is precisely about a lack of this kind of integration - we end up losing contact with the unacceptable parts of ourselves." -- Alex Michaelides]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9686601-somehow-grasping-at-vanishing-snowflakes-is-like-grasping-at-happiness</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:47:05 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Alex Michaelides]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9686601-somehow-grasping-at-vanishing-snowflakes-is-like-grasping-at-happiness]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Somehow grasping at vanishing snowflakes is like grasping at happiness: an act of possession that instantly gives way to nothing. It reminded me that there was a world outside this house: a world of vastness and unimaginable beauty; a world that for now, remained out of my reach. That memory had repeatedly returned to me over the years. It's as if the misery that surrounded that brief moment of freedom made it burn even brighter: a tiny light surrounded by darkness." -- Alex Michaelides]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9759579-i-believe-the-same-is-true-for-most-people-who</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:47:21 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Alex Michaelides]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9759579-i-believe-the-same-is-true-for-most-people-who]]>
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	    <![CDATA["I believe the same is true for most people who go into mental health. We are drawn to this profession because we are damaged - we study psychology to heal ourselves. Whether we are prepared to admit this or not is another question." -- Alex Michaelides]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9694591-sometimes-it-takes-courage-you-know-and-a-long-time</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:47:24 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Alex Michaelides]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9694591-sometimes-it-takes-courage-you-know-and-a-long-time]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Sometimes it takes courage, you know, and a long time, to be honest." -- Alex Michaelides]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11280167-the-beginning-is-the-end-the-beginning-is-when-you</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:00:51 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Rina Kent]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11280167-the-beginning-is-the-end-the-beginning-is-when-you]]>
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	    <![CDATA["The beginning is the end. The beginning is when you decide how the finale will be. For some people, the ending is a mystery and the greatest discovery of all." -- Rina Kent]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/832561-yesterday-lasts-forever-tomorrow-comes-never-until-you</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:05:14 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Penelope Douglas]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/832561-yesterday-lasts-forever-tomorrow-comes-never-until-you]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Yesterday lasts forever.
Tomorrow comes never.
Until you" -- Penelope Douglas]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/835942-i-like-storms-thunder-torrential-rain-puddles-wet-shoes-when</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:05:16 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Penelope Douglas]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/835942-i-like-storms-thunder-torrential-rain-puddles-wet-shoes-when]]>
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	    <![CDATA["I like storms.  Thunder torrential rain, puddles, wet shoes.  When the clouds roll in, I get filled with this giddy expectation.  Everything is more beautiful in the rain.  Don't ask me why.  But it’s like this whole other realm of opportunity.  I used to feel like a superhero, riding my bike over the dangerously slick roads, or maybe an Olympic athlete enduring rough trials to make it to the finish line.  On sunny days, as a girl, I could still wake up to that thrilled feeling.  You made me giddy with expectation, just like a symphonic rainstorm.  You were a tempest in the sun, the thunder in a boring, cloudless sky.  I remember I’d shovel in my breakfast as fast as I could, so I could go knock on your door.  We’d play all day, only coming back for food and sleep.  We played hide and seek, you’d push me on the swing, or we’d climb trees.  Being your sidekick gave me a sense of home again.  You see, when I was ten, my mom died.  She had cancer, and I lost her before I really knew her.  My world felt so insecure, and I was scared.  You were the person that turned things right again.  With you, I became courageous and free.  It was like the part of me that died with my mom came back when I met you, and I didn’t hurt if I knew I had you.  Then one day, out of the blue, I lost you, too.  The hurt returned, and I felt sick when I saw you hating me.  My rainstorm was gone, and you became cruel.  There was no explanation.  You were just gone.  And my heart was ripped open.  I missed you.  I missed my mom.  What was worse than losing you, was when you started to hurt me.  Your words and actions made me hate coming to school.  They made me uncomfortable in my own home.  Everything still hurts, but I know none of it is my fault.  There are a lot of words that I could use to describe you, but the only one that includes sad, angry, miserable, and pitiful is “coward.”  I a year, I’ll be gone, and you’ll be nothing but some washout whose height of existence was in high school.  You were my tempest, my thunder cloud, my tree in the downpour.  I loved all those things, and I loved you.  But now?  You’re a fucking drought.  I thought that all the assholes drove German cars, but it turns out that pricks in Mustangs can still leave scars." -- Penelope Douglas]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:05:30 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Penelope Douglas]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/838099-i-want-to-touch-you-his-words-were-against-my]]>
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	    <![CDATA["I want to touch you.” His words were against my lips now. “I want to feel what’s mine. What’s always been mine." -- Penelope Douglas]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:05:32 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Penelope Douglas]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/832564-tate-you-re-mine-and-i-m-yours-every-day-you-re-going]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Tate, you’re mine, and I’m yours. Every day you’re
going to realize that more and more. When you believe it without a doubt, then I’ll have earned your
trust." -- Penelope Douglas]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/832808-he-smiled-to-himself-because-she-made-you-and-he</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:05:38 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Penelope Douglas]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/832808-he-smiled-to-himself-because-she-made-you-and-he]]>
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	    <![CDATA["He smiled to himself. “Because she made you.” And he wrapped his skinny arm around my neck and yanked me into his side. “You’re the best friend I’ve ever had, and I wanted to tell her ‘thank you." -- Penelope Douglas]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/835609-i-held-madoc-by-the-inside-of-his-elbow-and</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:05:44 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Penelope Douglas]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/835609-i-held-madoc-by-the-inside-of-his-elbow-and]]>
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	    <![CDATA["I held Madoc by the inside of his elbow and held Jerod closer to me by the bicep. While a month ago I never would've thought I'd be with these two, I felt at ease. &quot;Totally. This is the start of a great friendship.&quot; I jostled Madoc's arm playfully. 
&quot;It could be the start of a great porno, too,&quot; Madoc deadpanned, breaking into laughter." -- Penelope Douglas]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:05:46 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Penelope Douglas]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/855940-if-i-ever-lay-my-hands-on-you-he-said]]>
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	    <![CDATA["If I ever lay my hands on you,” he said low and husky, “You’ll want it." -- Penelope Douglas]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10835626-when-i-brought-my-eyes-back-to-his-i-knew</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 05:01:44 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Lynn Painter]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10835626-when-i-brought-my-eyes-back-to-his-i-knew]]>
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	    <![CDATA["When I brought my eyes back to his, I knew without a doubt that if we were anywhere else—alone—he would kiss me. He swallowed, and my eyes tracked down to his throat before slowly climbing back up by way of his strong chin, nose, and dark-as-night brown eyes.

He raised one eyebrow, an unspoken question, and I realized at that moment that I wanted it. I wanted Wes. Michael had been my endgame, but I couldn’t bring myself to care about that anymore.

I wouldn’t run through a train station for Michael. But I would do it for Wes.

Holy shit." -- Lynn Painter]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11124821-do-you-realize-we-could-ve-been-doing-this-for-years</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 05:01:54 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Lynn Painter]]>
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		<link>
	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11124821-do-you-realize-we-could-ve-been-doing-this-for-years]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Do you realize we could’ve been doing this for years if you weren’t such a pain in the ass?” 
“Nah—I didn’t like you until recently.”
“Enemies-to-lovers—it’s our trope, Buxbaum.”
“You poor, confused little love lover.” A giggle shimmied through me before I set my hands on his face and said as I pulled him back to me, “Just shut up and kiss me." -- Lynn Painter]]>
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			<![CDATA[Shrinjini add a quote by Lynn Painter]]>
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	    <![CDATA["What do you mean, not your type? Because he’s not some character who writes poetry and knows what your favorite flower is?" -- Lynn Painter]]>
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