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... having children changes your life like nothing else. It'll be the hardest and best thing you've ever done.

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Deanna's voice softened. "Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can't. You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, but you can't do it for him."
"I know that—"
"But you don't," Deanna said, gently cutting her off. "Or if you do, you don't want to see it that way. Your vision, as they say, has become clouded."

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But like a gambler at a slot machine, hoping the next spin would change her life for the better, she closed in before she lost her nerve. Taking his hand, she pulled him toward her, near enough to feel his body against her. She looked up at him, tilting her head slightly as she leaned in. Mike, recognizing what was happening but still having trouble believing it, tilted his head and closed his eyes, their faces drawing near.

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Even now, not a day goes by when I don't wish I could turn back the clock and change what happened.

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It's funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? It's like they think it won't ever change. Just like this house here. All it ever needed was a little attention, and it would never have ended up like this in the first place.

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Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.

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Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives?

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While she was exceptional, I was average, a man whose major accomplishment in life was to love her without reservation, and that would never change.

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That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

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The words nearly break my heart, and I feel something crumble inside me. The truth is often a terrible thing, and I wish again that I were someone else. But it is too late now, too late to change anything. I am old and alone and I'm dying a little more with each passing hour. I'm tired, more tired than I've ever been.

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But would she do it differently if she could? She doubted it. Her experiences growing up ad formed her into the woman that she'd become, just as his experiences had formed him, and she didn't regret them. And yet... she knew that wasn't the question that mattered.... she realized the choice before her was this: Where do I go from here?
It is never too late to change things.

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Written on back of photograph of Ruth and Daniel:
"Ruth Levinson
Third grade teacher.
She believes in me and I can be anything I want when I grow up.
I can even change the world."

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My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.

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I love you, Katie. You might not be ready to say those words now, and maybe you'll never be able to say them, but that doesn't change how I feel about you.

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I lead a simple life now, I am foolish, an old man in love, a dreamer who dreams of nothing but reading to Allie and holding her whenever I can. I am a sinner with many faults and a man who believes in magic, but I am too old to change and too old to care.

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... he remembered being very happy. But things change. People change. Change was one of the inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people's lives. Mistakes were made, regrets form, and all the was left were repercussions that made something as simple as rising from the bed seem almost laborious.

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One day, you're going to learn something that can't be explained with science. And when that happens, your life's going to change in ways you can't imagine.

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People didn't change. they liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why.

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Thinking back, he recalled events he wished he could change, tears he wished had never been shed, time that could have been better spent, and frustrations he should have shrugged off. Life, it seemed, was full of regret, and he yearned to turn back the clock so he could live parts of his live over again. One thing was certain: He should have been a better husband.

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But trust me when I say that memories are funny things. Sometimes they're real, but other times they change into what we want them to be... But like I said, she's hurting, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that people in pain don't always see things as clearly as they should... And if it somehow doesn't work out between you, then you've got to understand that you can't look back anymore. It'll destroy you in the end, and destroy her as well. Neither one of you can keep living with regret, because it drains the life right out of you, and the very idea is enough to break my heart.

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I'd have to swing by the house first to change into something more comfortable. That's fine, he said. I'm all for you changing into something more comfortable. I'll bet you are, she said knowingly. Now, don't start getting fresh, he said, feigning offense. I don't think we know each other well enough for that.

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