“You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind.”
Jodi Picoult (1966) Author
Source: Vanishing Acts
“What you leave behind is the people you loved. You leave yourself in them.”
— Ann Brashares, book Sisterhood Everlasting
Source: Sisterhood Everlasting
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