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""It's sure a good break for Mama. Of course he isn't Papa...
"No. No one will ever be ... Papa. But aside from that, he's a nice man, though."
"Laurie's going to have a mighty easy life all right."
"Annie Laurie McShane! She'll never have the hard times we had, will she?"
"No. And she'll never have the fun we had, either."
"Gosh! We did have fun, didn't we, Neeley?"
"Yeah!"
"Poor Laurie," said Francie pityingly." — Jan 30, 2026 11:32PM
""It's sure a good break for Mama. Of course he isn't Papa...
"No. No one will ever be ... Papa. But aside from that, he's a nice man, though."
"Laurie's going to have a mighty easy life all right."
"Annie Laurie McShane! She'll never have the hard times we had, will she?"
"No. And she'll never have the fun we had, either."
"Gosh! We did have fun, didn't we, Neeley?"
"Yeah!"
"Poor Laurie," said Francie pityingly." — Jan 30, 2026 11:32PM
“...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
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