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> [“The papers are signed. The papers are sealed. The adoption is completed. You are the adopted sons and daughters of the Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/the-papers-are-signed-the-papers-are-sealed-the-adoption-is-completed/)

[Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/)

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> [“It was strange to have those papers signed. Like any big project or crisis that takes every waking and non-waking moment in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/it-was-strange-to-have-those-papers-signed-like-any-big-project-or/)

[Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/)

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> [Even divorce, she thought, cannot erase all the bonds forged by years of marriage. Long after the papers are signed, decrees notarized,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/even-divorce-she-thought-cannot-erase-all-the-bonds-forged-by-years/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

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