The ghosts that exert the most power in people__ lives-at least, the people I know__end to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.
Being a child is such a shining gift, yet we don't know how precious it is until it's worn out and gone away.
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Being a child is such a shining gift, yet we don't know how precious it is until it's worn out and gone away.
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