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“Indeed. Since this is the will of God, He provides us with the necessary tools: the energy required for hard work, the industriousness, the persistence, and . . .”—here he looked at me for a long moment before continuing—“and therefore He
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“I have never had a feeling of belonging to any group of people. Yet here I was in rural Maine and what had just come to me was an understanding, I think that is the only way I can put it, of these people in their houses, these few houses we passed by. It was an odd thing, but it was real, for a few moments I felt this: that I understood where I was. And even, also, that I loved the people we did not see who inhabited the few houses and who had their trucks in the front of these houses. This is what I almost felt. This is what I felt.”
― Oh William!
― Oh William!
“In my time, love often followed trends, yet greater love grows through it all.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“Life is free, food grows on trees.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“No one is emotionally prepared to have their child predecease them. No one should ever have to experience it.”
― David Putnam, The Ruthless”
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― David Putnam, The Ruthless”
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“heal the roots, to see the tree grow vibrant.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
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