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title: "2 Hug Asked Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“We continued talking as my purchases were rung up—about the first Christmas, the sadness of ending up in a cemetery on a holiday, and the pain of getting through that first year. “They tell me it gets better,” she said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-potter-kenyon/we-continued-talking-as-my-purchases-were-rung-up-about-the-first/)

[Mary Potter Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-potter-kenyon/)

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> [“Dear Mama, Whenever I would come home, no matter how long it had been, you would react the same way: the second you heard my voice you would smile. You would stand up at my urging and give me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-trunko/dear-mama-whenever-i-would-come-home-no-matter-how-long-it-had-been/)

[Emily Trunko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-trunko/)

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