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The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home.
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I didn't run away to come home the same. -Claudia
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change
growing-up
running-away
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Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again?"
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sex
music
humor
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Jamie liked perspiration, a little bit of dirt, and complications.
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After Margaret moved to Florida they continued to stay in touch in a Christmas card/life-milestone way.
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Flattery is as important a machine as the lever, isn't it, Saxonberg? Give it a proper place to rest, and it can move the world.
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machine
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Having words and explanations for things is too modern
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