I was not meant to be alone. I am not good at it. The years since Ruth's passing have ticked by with the kind of desparate silence known only to the elderly. It is a silence underscored by loneliness and the knowledge that the good years are already in the past, coupled with the complications of old age itself.The body is not meant to survive nearly a century. I speak from experience when I say this...
Nicholas Sparks Carolinian
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Ira Levinson, Chapter 28, p. 320-321
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“I was not meant to be alone. I am not good at it. The years …” Nicholas Sparks. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-5559CE85DA. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/5559ce85da
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