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“What's meant to be will be." 'No,' I replied. 'It's what keeps you up at night, unable to sleep, and your chest tight, unable to breathe, your thoughts mad with desire and longing and your each and every waking moment pursuing what you desire with purposed and fury and aspiration--you cannot wait on destiny,' I said. 'It's presence must be demanded.”

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