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1 " There's a saying about ranch women. When they're 30, they look 50. When they're 80, they look 50. "
― Craig Lancaster , The Summer Son
2 " For everything I wished were different about the old man, I found comfort in just as many things that never changed. "
3 " The good-byes you refuse to say must be the hardest of all. "
4 " You think silence means something. Sometimes, there's just nothing to say. "
5 " There is nothing I can or would attempt to say that could make the pain of losing your mother go away. My own parents have been gone for more than thirty years, and not a day goes by that they don’t cross my mind. But please remember this: you’re her legacy, her greatest work. And she did a wonderful job with you. You are a good, honest, forthright man, and you’re living the life that she gave you a foundation to live. Every day that you wake up is another day that Leila’s legacy lives on. I’m proud to know you, proud to be related to you. And I thank God every day that you’re who you are. So, you could say, I also thank God that she was who she was. "
6 " starts anew, and time slows down again. It’s only after your twenties go by in a day and when things you think happened last year really lie five years back that you realize that time doesn’t slow at all. Indeed, it only gains speed. And then you curse yourself for ever wishing it away. "
