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It's interesting to leave a place, interesting even to think about it. Leaving reminds us of what we can part with and what we can't, then offers us something new to look forward to, to dream about.

Richard Ford

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Richard Ford
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 16
Novelist
Writer
Jackson
Mississippi
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Retirement
Look
Leaving
Looks
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Forward
Even
Leave
Something
Interesting
Think
Place
Farewell
Thinking
Dream
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