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> [“There it was, Hema must have thought; it was both the sorry and the thank-you that was so long overdue, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-verghese/there-it-was-hema-must-have-thought-it-was-both-the-sorry-and-the/)

[Abraham Verghese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-verghese/)

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> [Every word you spoke to me. I just want you to know, they hurt me at one point in time. But now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-thomas/every-word-you-spoke-to-me-i-just-want-you-to-know-they-hurt-me-at/)

[Iris Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-thomas/)

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> [“I certainly didn't get the memo about all these different degrees of caring. In my world, you either cared or you didn't.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-smith/i-certainly-didn-t-get-the-memo-about-all-these-different-degrees-of/)

[Andrea Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-smith/)

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> [What mattered to me was that I didn't compromise my soul in order to try to achieve a kind of popularity. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/what-mattered-to-me-was-that-i-didn-t-compromise-my-soul-in-order-to/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [ Once the sailors heard it \[the siren's song\] all that mattered didn't matter anymore. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-maurer/once-the-sailors-heard-it-the-siren-s-song-all-that-mattered-didn-t/)

[Mitch Maurer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-maurer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/mitch-maurer-263884_priorities_once-the-sailors-heard-it-the-siren-s-so_2341465.jpg)

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