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> [“That was all he had ever aspired to, with a wife thrown into the bargain, maybe, and a kid or two to go along with her. It had never felt like too much to ask for, but after three years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/that-was-all-he-had-ever-aspired-to-with-a-wife-thrown-into-the/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [“Tom finally understood why his father saw humanity as worthless. It was hard to see much fundamental value in anything when the bad guys always won. Maybe this was simply what it was like to grow up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-j-kincaid/tom-finally-understood-why-his-father-saw-humanity-as-worthless-it/)

[S.J. Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-j-kincaid/)

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