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“Because she would have run off with him regardless,” she says. “That was what she wished. It would not have been my choice for her, but a child should not have their choices dictated for them.
“If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.”
― Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
― Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
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