And I never started to plow in my life That some one did not stop in the road And take me away to a dance or picnic. I ended up with forty acres; I ended up with a broken fiddle– And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories, And not a single regret. Edgar Lee Masters
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  5. In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror.
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