“We decided that sooner or later you had to learn to live without almost everybody, at least for a while. Even people you didn't think you could live without." p 167

love always found itself again.”

— Melody Beattie

Source: The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take

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American writer 1948

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