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Life, he decided, was for living, not for having, and he wanted to experience every moment that he could. At the deepest level, he'd come to understand that life could end at any moment, and it was better to be happy than busy.

— Nicholas Sparks Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)

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While she was exceptional, I was average, a man whose major accomplishment in life was to love her without reservation, and that would never change.

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