All of childhood's unanswered questions must finally be passed back to the town and answered there. Heroes and bogey men values and dislikes are first encountered and labeled in that early environment. In later years they change faces places and maybe races tactics intensities and goals but beneath those penetrable masks they wear forever the stocking-capped faces of childhood.

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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Have enough courage to trust love one more time. And always one more time.

Have enough courage to trust love one more time. And always one more time.

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

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