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Failure Quote by Eowyn Ivey

“Don't you see? This was to be ours together, the successes and the failures...All of this? he said, and couldn't help a smile. Yes, all of this. Then she too smiled.” quote by Eowyn Ivey — Download Open image

““Don't you see? This was to be ours together, the successes and the failures...All of this? he said, and couldn't help a smile. Yes, all of this. Then she too smiled.””

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