A truth emerges in any long marriage, and the truth is this: Our spouses sometimes know us better than we even know ourselves.
Nicholas Sparks Carolinian
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Ira Levinson, Chapter 28, p. 325
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- The Longest Ride (2013)
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- 2013
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