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They projected an illusion of warmth with their home-cooking and hand-stitched quilts, yet underneath the facade was an institutional rigidity, as if they were running an orphanage where children would be fed and cared for but never loved. Love was such a key ingredient in molding humans, yet it was inaccessible to kids inside of the system.Renee Carlino
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We can't always control our circumstances, who are parents are, where we live, or how much money we make, but in those rare moments when we can shape our fate, when we do have the power to make our own happiness, we can't be too scared to do it.Renee Carlino
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It was about you... what I wrote. It was all about you." His bottom lip began to quiver." I know, " I said, my voice shaky. I started to cry then. There was no holding back. "I loved it, every word. It was so beautiful.Renee Carlino