“His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.”

—  Nicholas Sparks, book The Longest Ride

Ira Levinson speaking about his father, Chapter 1 Ira, p. 2
Variant: we shared the longest ride together, this thing called life
Source: 2009, The Longest Ride (2013)

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