Willa CatherI guess everybody thinks about old times, even the happiest people.
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There is a time in everyone’s life where they can look back and say, “I was so happy, so carefree.” But even those who have been through war or have been through a terrible breakup have moments where they wonder what could have been, if it weren’t for those bad times. It is a sad thing that you must miss out on the good things if you do not live long enough. When you live a long time and see many things happen, you realize that every good thing that has ever happened to you was going to happen sooner or later.
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