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The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift

Carew Papritz

Top 10 Best Quotes

“You become a man when you give your family the best of who you are.”

“I wish I could wrap up the glitter star-green of this moment and hand it to you like an angel gift. Give you the heat lightning flying in jagged silence over the distant mountains. And the smell of September prairie grass and the even fainter scent of October pine now descending . . .”

“Old is old at any age. Old is when you quit asking questions about this, that, and everything. Old is when you forget how to love-or worse, don't care. Old is when you don't want to dance anymore. Old is when you don't want to learn anything new except how to be old. Old is when people tell you that you are old-and you believe them.”

“Just because you're breathing, doesn't mean you're alive.”

“I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven't seen, how much I'm not going to see, and how much I still need to see."- The Legacy Letters, by

“Rain. Tumble, bumble and, fall on me. Any old day, any old way. Come for a visit, or come for a stay. Rain, rain, don't go away.”

“Why travel? To be changed, and to be changed again and again.”

“Remember, life is too short to be spent dancing with idiots.”

“Kids are kids and not little adults. They're watching and listening to you all the time. They're figuring out the game plan but still don't know all the rules. Talk straight to them and they'll respect you for it.”

“Heavy rains and a good book. A perfect extravagance.”

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