Carolina QuotesI knew my dad was a good man, a kind man, and though he'd led a wounded life, he'd done the best he could in raising me.
Nicholas Sparks Carolinian
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John Tyree, Chapter 16, p. 198
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- Dear John (2006)
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- 2006
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- p. 198
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