"It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.












This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.

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"She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage.
"You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.
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"I love you every day,Mom
"Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.
"Belief, hard work, love–you have those things, you can do anything.
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