Carolina QuotesIn her new, more mature incarnation, she embraced the idea that maturity meant thinking about risk long before you pondered the reward, and that success and happiness in life were as much about avoiding mistakes as making your mark in the world.
Nicholas Sparks Carolinian
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Lexie Darnell, Chapter 13, p. 205
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- True Believer (2005)
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- 2005
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- p. 205
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