“I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack.”
Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, there are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And Who's in charge?”
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Elizabeth Gilbert
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Eat, Pray, Love
Source: Eat, Pray, Love
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