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p196: My hands gripped the steering wheel.
"You played good today, Alfie," my father said.
"You did, too."
"For an old man, you mean?"
"Yeah. For an old man."
He chuckled. I was so grateful for his smile, I nearly cried.

That would prove to be a mistake, and my first lesson in The Truth About True Love: what we yearn for, deep down, is a heart that will embrace us after we make a fool of our-selves.

"Yaya, did you hear me? Why do we only get to go back once?"
She sighed, as if it were obvious.
"Alfie, if you keep getting second chances, you won't learn a damn thing."

I love how Mitch Albom tells a story