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I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable. I know what it means to lose everything, to let go of one life and find another. And now I feel, with a strange, deep certainty, that it must be my lot in life to be taught that lesson over and over again.
I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable. I know what it means to lose everything, to let go of one life and find another. And now I feel, with a strange, deep certainty, that it must be my lot in life to be taught that lesson over and over again.
Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
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- Christina Baker Kline
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- Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Christina Baker Kline: documented birth year 1964; activity date not established. Wikidata Q5110744, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5110744 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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