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when your time came, it came, and that was that. You might say something smart on your way out, but you might just as easily say something stupid.

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn't considered the misery she might inflict.
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