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  1. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    As for happy…The pursuit of happiness may be written into our Declaration of Independence, but that only means our founding fathers were hopelessly sentimental. You don't pursue happiness. You pursue everything you need to have a fulfilled life, and then, if you achieve it, you'll be happy some of the time. The rest of the time, you'll be content. One can't sustain happiness forever.
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  2. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    Too much of anything reduces the overall effect of happiness and satisfaction.
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  3. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    This is the dilemma, the contradiction we cannot resolve. We do not want to be them. Yet we are fascinated by them, because every detail tugs at a buried memory.
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  4. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    But that's what dreams are for-to weave reality and fantasy and memory and stitch together something you can't hope for in waking life. To fulfill that little part of you that wants something so bad.
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  5. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    all that mattered was that she was with you and she was happy and you were off on some grand adventure together.
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  6. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    You don't pursue happiness. You pursue everything you need to have a fulfilled life, and then, if you achieve it, you'll be happy some of the time. The rest of the time, you'll be content. One can't sustain happiness forever.
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  7. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    wasting what little breath he did have laughing at himself. Because sometimes, that's all you could do. You make a fucking stupid mistake, and you could only call yourself an idiot and then snap back before you screwed up again.
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  8. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    Shadowy mystery stalkers? Hidden escape hatches? Creepy subterranean tunnels? My mother tried to get me to take social work for my master's. I told her it was boring. I was so wrong.
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  9. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    a blazing fire in an ice storm.
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  10. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    So why was his stomach tightening and twisting with every step up those stairs? Because hope was a dangerous thing. It said the failure would be his own fault alone.
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  11. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    I shook my head. "Calling my boyfriend." "You need a guy to come rescue you?" I waggled my gun. "I have that part covered, but given the situation, I'm going to let someone know where I am. I'm a feminist; I'm not an idiot.
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  12. Kelley Armstrong _ Betrayals

    You don't pursue happiness. You pursue everything you need to have a fulfilled life, and then, if you achieve it, you'll be happy some of the time. The rest of the time, you'll be consent. One can't sustain happiness forever.
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