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Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.

Mitch Albom

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
Author
Columnist
Journalist
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Trenton
New Jersey
Mitchell David Mitch Albom
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