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“If, as the poets say, the journey of life resembles the march of rivers to the sea, at times meandering, aimlessly, at times, purposeful and unswerving, the bend in the flow is where the story takes a sudden turn, winding away from its predicted course into a fresh and unexpected direction.”

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Book:There Are Rivers in the Sky

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