I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up, and I was now standing here in front of it, and if I waited long enough, a tiny figure would appear on the horizon across the field and gradually get larger until I'd see it was Tommy, and he'd wave, and maybe even call.

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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. -Abraham Lincoln

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Happiness is not by chance but by choice. — Jim Rohn

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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. – Maya Angelou

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Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.― Jane Austen

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I would rather be kind than anything else. — Jann Arden, singer and songwriter

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You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream. -Frank Zappa

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Never regret anything that made you smile. — Mark Twain

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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.

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You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events. — Joel Osteen

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