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"My Aunt Helen was my favorite person in the whole world. She was my mom's sister. She got straight A's when she was a teenager and she used to give me books to read. My father said that the books were a little too old for me, but I liked them so he just shrugged and let me read."
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“Good? Bad? I'm not here to judge where you're at or where you've been. I'm simply here to encourage you in where you would like to go. You have the map; I'll shine the light on it so you can better read it. And eventually, the sun will rise again in your life and you'll no longer need my light to assist you.”
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