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Thornton Wilder

“EMILY:

Softly, more in wonder than in grief.

I can’t bear it. They’re so young and beautiful. Why did they ever have to get old? Mama, I’m here. I’m grown up. I love you all, everything.—I can’t look at everything hard enough.”

Thornton Wilder, Our Town
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Our Town Our Town by Thornton Wilder
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