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It was the first of many times he would try to remember her face, the first of many times he would look for someone and not see them—search for someone whose absence defined him.
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Bob Dylan
“Play it fuckin' loud!”
Bob Dylan

Iain Cameron Williams
“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
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Neil Gaiman
“I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.”
Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

Elizabeth Strout
“Who knows why people are different? We are born with a certain nature, I think. And then the world takes its swings at us.”
Elizabeth Strout, Lucy by the Sea

Khaled Hosseini
“For you, a thousand times over”
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

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