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“Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.”
― The Last Song
― The Last Song
“Truth only means something when it's hard to admit.”
― The Last Song
― The Last Song
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
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“you have to love something before you can hate it.”
― The Last Song
― The Last Song
“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
― The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 1993
― The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 1993
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