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Happy is entirely up to you and always has been.

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Up To You, Has Beens

Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.65, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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But that's how life is. You never know how it's going to turn out, and you can't plan for everything. You just have to do your best dealing with things as they come and hope people forgive you when you make a mistake.

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Mistake, People, Forgiving

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I've pursued dreams and achieved them, but I don't think anybody should think their life is incomplete if they don't follow some dream. Happiness doesn't come from achievements, or money, or any sort of treasure. Happiness is a frame of mind, not a destination. It's appreciating what you've got and building relationships with those around you.

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Dream, Thinking, Appreciate

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Beauty has a persuasive power all its own.

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Persuasive

Janette Rallison (2009). “How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend”, p.119, Penguin

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Many perfumes promise to lure men to women. None of them smell of motherhood. None of them proclaim the wearer to be tidy, thrifty, and sensible.

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Motherhood, Men, Smell

Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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I don't care what you Yanks say, cheese should not whiz.

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Care, Cheese, Leprechaun

Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.102, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Sometimes love not only lifts you to the ceiling, it also keeps your eyes there.

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Eye, Ceilings, Sometimes

Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.17, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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The key to happiness - as any good fairy godmother will tell you - is not to avoid problems, but to overcome them.

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Keys, Godmother, Overcoming

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I didn't bother to explain about the glitter in my hair. I figured they could think it was a family trait. We all glittered, just like the Cullens in Twilight.

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Twilight, Thinking, Hair

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Like Robin Hood....Not real, but true.

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Real, Robins, Robin Hood

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I bet you Cinderella didn't get along with Prince Charming's friends. Oh sure, the knights and barons probably put up with her on account that she was pretty and had such dainty feet and all, but you should know every duchess and contess in the kingdom hated her guts.

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Knights, Feet, Kingdoms

Janette Rallison (2009). “How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend”, p.7, Penguin

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You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself." Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought.

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Hurt, Needs, Next

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New York is a nice place." "If you like concrete, crowds, and that claustrophobic, closed-in feeling.

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New York, Nice, Feelings

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"Women," he said in disgust. I wasn't sure whether we was referring to me or nuns.

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Said, Disgusting, Nun

"My Unfair Godmother". Book by Janette Rallison, April 12, 2011.

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Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties.

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Fun, Party, Fortune

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The only wishes that will ever change you are the kind that may, at any moment, eat you whole.

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Wish, May, Kind

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Even the plants in Arizona wanted to hurt you.

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Hurt, Arizona, Plant

Janette Rallison (2011). “My Unfair Godmother”, p.9, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms.

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Guy, Problem, Contradiction

Janette Rallison (2009). “How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend”, p.47, Penguin

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Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living.

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Lying, Believe, Fiction

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Don't just read words,' he would tell her as he held up the latest story, 'devour them. Let the words create new worlds.

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Stories, World, New World

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Don’t worry, though, because Prince Hubert is very handsome and kind. That’s all you wanted in a boyfriend, wasn’t it?” “No,” I said. She raised an eyebrow. “It must be. If you had admired any other qualities you would have developed them in yourself, wouldn’t you?” Which was really too much. I put my hands on my hips. “Aren’t fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself?” She rolled her eyes. “No, you’re confusing fairy god- mothers with sales clerks.

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Mother, Nice, Eye

Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.88, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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The only things you can truly love after such a short time are ice cream flavors and comfortable shoes.

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Ice Cream, Shoes, Flavor

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I suppose you could pass for a starlet. You do have that femme fatale air about you. Like you crush boys’ dreams in your spare time.

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Crush, Dream, Boys

Janette Rallison (2009). “Just One Wish”, p.28, Penguin

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It's not like most people read anymore. Well, not unless the book has a wizard school or a hot vampire. And, as a Kari Kngsley expert, I'm absolutely certain your life has neither of those things.

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Book, School, People

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Perhaps I wasn't going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer.

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Crazy, Becoming, Going Crazy

Janette Rallison (2009). “Just One Wish”, p.79, Penguin

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