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“Noiosi i genitori vecchi; se ai legami affettivi che il tempo logora, non subentrasse il senso del dovere, che rapporti ci sarebbero ancora tra la vita nostra e la loro? Chi li sceglierebbe, così diversi da noi? Neanche per amici li vorremmo.”

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Book:There's No Turning Back
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