ways and means

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There are so many ways to fall in love.

 Fall in love the way children do, in playgrounds and sandboxes, with dirt on your cheek and gum in your hair. This is who you are: you're not combing your hair or washing your face or tucking your shirt in for anyone. Don't apologize. Fall in love courageously, almost dangerously, with your cartwheels and roller coaster loops and swings pushed as high as they can go; fall in love brazenly, because your heart is young and has never been hurt before. 

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