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Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine?

Mitch Albom

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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She had a bottomless well of love for me.
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If you could pack for heaven, this was how you'd do it, touching everything, taking nothing.
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All I was afraid of is saying good-bye.
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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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No matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be.
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