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Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.
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Lisa Lutz
#Life
#Change
#Psychology
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The latter. She had a good run, Sook said, doing a little shrug. It was his usual response to death at Mapleshade, and it was a safe bet that he felt that way about himself. Like most twice-widowed, Korea-vet, nature-loving, gun-enthusiast, bilingual, weed-connoisseur great grandfathers of five, he'd lived a full life.
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Lisa Lutz
#Running
#Weed
#Gun
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No one is going to abduct me, Rae." "That's what all abductees say.
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Lisa Lutz
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....You should keep dental floss on you at all times; when your eyesight goes, quit driving; don't keep too many secrets, eventually they'll eat away at you. But the most valuable lesson he taught me was this: Every day we get older, and some of us get wiser, but there's no end to our evolution. We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us. And this is what I figured out on my own: Over the course of a lifetime, people change, but not as much as you'd think. Nobody really grows up.
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Lisa Lutz
#Growing Up
#Thinking
#People
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I'm staying," Henry said, annoyed. "Why?" "Because, if I leave, it would be like abandoning two mentally challenged people in a nuclear waste dump.
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Lisa Lutz
#Two
#People
#Annoyed
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ISABEL: Sorry I missed my session Monday. DR. RUSH: Would you like to tell me why? ISABEL: I was depressed. DR. RUSH: That's a good reason to come to therapy.
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Lisa Lutz
#Monday
#Sorry
#Drs
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The next week she withheld my paycheck until I signed a document (drafted by David) in which I promised not to marry Connor. Ever. I signed the document, took the check, and had David draft another document forbidding all Spellmans to practice any form of blackmail. David tried to explain to me that a contract in which you promise not to break the law is ultimately redundant, but I didn't care.
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Lisa Lutz
#Practice
#Law
#Promise
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I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.
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Lisa Lutz
#Pretending
#Partners
#Life Partner
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I entered his apartment without being invited, which is perfectly fine if you're not a vampire.
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Lisa Lutz
#Vampire
#Fine
#Apartment
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But the most valuable lesson he taught me was this: Every day we get older, and some of us get wiser, but there's no end to our evolution. We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us.
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Lisa Lutz
#Taught
#Lessons
#Evolution
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Somebody is always hiding something.
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Lisa Lutz
#Hiding
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You know what I'm thinking?' Maggie said. I had no idea. 'Nope,' David replied. Apparently David didn't know either. Maggie turned to me with pleading eyes.'Our babysitter has the flu.' 'I'm sorry to hear that,' I replied. Dead silence. I honestly had no idea what Maggie was getting at, so I misread the silence. 'It's not serious, I hope,' I said sympathetically.
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Lisa Lutz
#Sorry
#Eye
#Thinking
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I'm sorry you're angry is not an apology.
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Lisa Lutz
#Sorry
#Apology
#Angry
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We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us.
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Lisa Lutz
#Contradiction
#Mess
#Traits
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You're a terrible cook, Daniel." "I know," he replied, "But it's the effort that counts." "I hope that's not the slogan for your dental practice.
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Lisa Lutz
#Practice
#Effort
#Dental
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What's her name?" "None of your business." "That can't possibly be her name.
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Lisa Lutz
#Names
#None Of Your Business
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She suspects her husband, Jake, might be gay." "Did you suggest she ask him?" Mom laughed. "Of course not. Business is slow.
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Lisa Lutz
#Mom
#Husband
#Gay
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While he bore no real resemblance to anyone in my family, his features were a collection of my mother's and father's best attributes, with a few of Gregory Peck's thrown in.
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Lisa Lutz
#Mother
#Father
#Real
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Milo refreshed Rae's drink and said, Talk to her. You need to get it off your chest." Then Milo turned to me and said, "Why don't you try a more subtle approach." "I demand you tell me your troubles," I said to my sister. "You're not as funny as you think you are," Rae replied.
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Lisa Lutz
#Thinking
#Trying
#Needs
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If people really grew up, there would be no crime, no divorce, no Civil War reenactors....it's not like you think it will be, that one day you'll wake up and realize that you've got things figured out. You never figure it out. Ever." - Isabel Spellman attempting to explain growing up to her sister Rae
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Lisa Lutz
#Growing Up
#War
#Divorce
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Stop looking at me like that." Sorry, I just wanted to savor the moment," Mom replied. What moment?" I asked. You're in first place," she said, and then began washing the windows.
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Lisa Lutz
#Mom
#Sorry
#Firsts
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We knew we were doomed. The kiss was a warm acceptance of years of bickering, years of me consuming foods that I found barely edible and Henry tidying up after someone who already thought she had tidied up. When I kissed Henry I wasn't imagining Ex-boyfriend #13; I was picturing Husband #1.
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Lisa Lutz
#Husband
#Ex Boyfriend
#Kissing
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I have a weakness for tough guys who read." - Izzy Spellman
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Lisa Lutz
#Guy
#Weakness
#Tough
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I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.
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Lisa Lutz
#People
#Dirt
#Made
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My father insisted that the boys in my life were directly responsible for my juvenile-delinquent tendencies. My mother, more accurately, assumed that I was the bad influence.
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Lisa Lutz
#Mother
#Father
#Boys
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I don't mind losing. Losing is like breathing to me.
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Lisa Lutz
#Breathing
#Mind
#Losing
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I knew immediately that this was not going to work out. Hunter is the kind of guy who dates women who wear high heels and a cocktail dress on a first date. I can't even walk in heels, and I generally believe that someone has to earn the right to see my legs.
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Lisa Lutz
#Believe
#High Heels
#Work Out
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His sense of humor is purely cheap vaudeville, yet everyone falls for it.
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Lisa Lutz
#Fall
#Vaudeville
#Sense Of Humor
