I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always in…

John Irving
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I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye. ✨ John Irving (1989). A prayer for Owen Meany: a novel, William Morrow & Co
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