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“Dil ko zubaan, aankhon ko sapne mil gaye… aashiqui mein, zindagi ko mainne mil gaye”

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(Aashiqui 2)

Translation: The heart got a language, the eyes got dreams … in love, life got its meaning

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“I learned the people we love usually turned out to be one of three things: a home, a holiday, or hell.”

— Beau Taplin • T h r e e  T h i n g s 

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“There is a small space in my heart I have named after you. I carry it with me everywhere that I go. The awful weight of what almost was.”

— Beau Taplin • W h a t  A l m o s t  W a s 

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“My heart beats in almosts. It is constantly in pursuit of those whom it desires, but the moment it comes too close, it recoils, stops dead in its tracks, and then bolts in the other direction. I hold onto what makes me miserable and I let the good things go. I’m self destructive.” I said, “It’s the way I’ve always been.” “And why do you think that is?” “Because it’s easier to destroy something you love,” I replied, “Than it is to watch it leave.”

— Beau Taplin • A  S e l f  D e s t r u c t i v e  H e a r t

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“We demand closure as though our lives were put together as neatly as novels, but the fact of the matter is they’re not. In real life, relationships are messy and poorly written, ending too early or too late, and sometimes in the middle of a sentence.”

— Beau Taplin • N e a t l y  A s  N o v e l s

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“I rarely open up. I don’t like to feel vulnerable or be misunderstood. But now and then I get to talking to somebody and something about them resonates with me. Whether total stranger or old friend, in their presence, I feel a certain safety roll over me, and everything comes gushing out.”

— Beau Taplin • O p e n i n g  U p

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“Big goals are important. You should always have a clear vision of where you would ultimately like to be. But be sure to set yourself a number of smaller goals along the way. Accomplishment drives ambition. The dream might be the destination, but the little triumphs will get you there.”

— Beau Taplin • B i g  G o a l s  L i t t l e  T r i u m p h s 

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“Sad is something I can deal with when I’m aware of its source. When I’m able to take time out to develop a solution and work my way back to a healthier state of mind. It’s the not knowing that kills me. That vague air of unhappiness you cannot understand, escape or destroy.”

— Beau Taplin • T h e  S o m b r e  A i r 

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“But how can you love a person who is not whole?“ "Because you, like the moon, are not only beautiful when full, in all of your fractions and phases and ivory white pieces, I love you.’”

— Beau Taplin • M o o n  P h a s e s

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“And that’s the difficult part, the traits you find most beautiful about the people you love become the things that are most painful to see after they’re gone. Even something as sweet as a smile can do an awful lot of damage when it comes from the person you yearn for.”

— Beau Taplin • S w e e t  A s  A  S m i l e 

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“I think the beating in our hearts was put there to remind us that even when we feel alone in the world, a part of us marches on. That even at our lowest we carry something inside us that we can lean on and turn to. That even when we have no one else, we always have ourselves.”

— Beau Taplin • T h e  M a r c h i n g  H e a r t 

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“One day, whether you are 14, 28 or 65 you will stumble upon someone who will start a fire in you that cannot die. However, the saddest, most awful truth you will ever come to find, is they are not always with whom we spend our lives.”

— Beau Taplin • T h e  A w f u l  T r u t h 

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“No one is too good for you. It all depends on the kind of attraction. You can be desired for your looks, status, or the size of your bank account, but when you are desired for you— your heart, your soul, the way your mind works, nothing else matters. Spiritual connection surpasses all else.”

— Beau Taplin • S p i r i t u a l  C o n n e c t i o n 

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“I see now that the purpose of self-progress is not to pursue perfection, but to move closer to the truth of who we really are, to untangle our deepest fears and doubts, and arrive in that tender, blissful place where we are free to be our purest, boundless selves.”

— Beau Taplin • T h e  G l a d e  o f   S e l f  

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We feel our emotions in the very moment the present, but only process it afterwards, the past