Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

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Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

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You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.

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Broken hearts healed. Maybe the cracks were always there, like thin scars, but they healed. People lived and worked, laughed and ate, walked and talked with those cracks For many, even the scars healed and they loved again.

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I guess money can't buy happiness if you shop in the wrong places.

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The very young and the very old often saw what others could not. Or would not.

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If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

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You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you, it's not going to entertain anyone else.

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People and relationships never stop being a work in progress

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In all the illusions, you're the only truth that I need

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