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Theo of Golden

by Allen Levi (Goodreads Author)

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“The world is full of miracles, but none greater than how far a young person can be carried by someone else’s belief in them.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

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“When you get old, gravity pulls the corners of your mouth down, the road to a smile grows longer.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

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“Always heartbroken at not being able to be all the things everyone wanted.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

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“Without love, there is no grief. So when we feel our grief, uncomfortable and aching as it may be, it is actually a reminder of the beauty of that love, now lost.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

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“for anything to be good, truly good, there must be love in it. I’m not even sure I know fully what that means, but the older I get, the more I believe it. There must be love for the gift itself, love for the subject being depicted or the story being told, and love for the audience. Whether the art is sculpture, farming, teaching, lawmaking, medicine, music, or raising a child, if love is not in it — at the very heart of it — it might be skillful, marketable, or popular but I doubt it is truly good. Nothing is what it’s supposed to be if love is not at the core.”
― Allen Levi, Theo of Golden

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