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A Bend in the Road
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"A Bend in the Road" Quotes

A widowed deputy and a schoolteacher find love and healing after tragic losses.

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You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.

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life lessonsactions vs words

You've got to go through the bad days to get to the good ones.

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resilienceperseverance

Love meant that you care for another person’s happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.

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lovesacrifice

In every relationship, there’s a bull and a china shop. It’s just a matter of time before the dishes hit the floor.

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relationshipsconflict

It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

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growthself-discovery

Life is full of luck, like getting dealt a good hand, or simply by being in the right place at the right time. Some people get luck handed to them, a second chance, a save. It can happen heroically, or by a simple coincidence, but there are those who don’t get luck on a shiny platter, who end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, who don’t get saved.

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luckfate

It was the way she felt when she was with him, as though she had found a new piece of herself. It was something she could neither explain nor deny.

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loveconnection

I think that no matter how many years go by, you never forget your first love.

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first lovememories

I miss you. I might not have told you every day, but I miss you. I miss your smell. I miss your voice. I miss your smile. I miss your laugh. I miss seeing you every day.

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missing someonelonging

When you’re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it’s just as hard as what you’re going through.

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empathystruggle