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"Everett, I have everything ever wanted. just had to go about it in a little different way, but if I'd have done things differently, I wouldn't have you. I wouldn't have your brother or sister or your dad. This house. My job at the credit union or my friends there. Everything works out, honey, and you make your happiness. You do your best with what you've got. And you just keep going, every day."

“It’s from a fortune cookie I got once. It said, ‘Keep a green tree in your heart, and one day the singing bird will come.’”
“What’s it mean?”
“If you want something, you have to get ready for it, you know? You have to prepare. You can’t expect a bird to show up if you don’t have a tree.”