"When we died, no one would know, and that fraction of a moment that was so important to who we were would be gone."

Mortality, Moment, Loss, Time

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"You are not the world, but you are everything that makes the world good. Without you, my life would still exist, but that's all it would manage to do."

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"My shoes I got to pick. I chose worn-out red flats. I figured I should make it clear from the start that I wasn't princess material."

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"Luck was fine and well, but I didn't need it. I had a plan."

Success

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