Carolina Quotes...feeling her helplessness. There was nothing worse. Most people lived under the illusion that they were in control of their lives, but that wasn't completely true. Yeah, you could decide what to have for breakfast and what to wear and all those little things, but as soon as you stepped out into the world, you were pretty much at the mercy of everyone else around you, and all you could do was hope that if they were having a bad day, they wouldn't decide to take it out on you.
Nicholas Sparks Carolinian
Source
Jennifer Romanello, Chapter 30, p. 323
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- The Guardian (2003)
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- 2003
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- p. 323
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