“I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, "Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with." And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink - it's gone.”

— Jacqueline Woodson

Source: If You Come Softly

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American writer 1963

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