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““Prisoners being allowed outside, only to return freely. But that was where their families were, and besides, where else””

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It reminded him that time was short, but that beautiful endings could still be found at the end of cold, dreary days.

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“At least we have the record, Henry thought. A reminder of a place where people didn't seem to care what you looked like, where…

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“We all have things we don’t talk about, Ernest thought. Even though, more often than not, those are the things that make us who…

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He'd learned long ago: perfection isn't what families are all about.

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“You can’t take credit for stuff that goes back to before you were even born. You understand me?”

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“The last time someone had laid out a suit and a pair of dress shoes with a ticket purchased for a faraway place, Henry…

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“We don’t get to choose our parents,” Sunny said. “If we did, some of us might choose never to be born at all.”

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