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“Martha looked at her son. So this was the beginning of growing up. This was where the road they had been traveling together first parted.” quote by Elizabeth Yates — Download Open image

““Martha looked at her son. So this was the beginning of growing up. This was where the road they had been traveling together first parted.””

Elizabeth Yates

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