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Richard Ford, Canada Quotes: My parents...were people running from the past, who didn't look back at much if they could help it, and whose whole life always lay somewhere in the offing.
         

My parents...were people running from the past, who didn't look back at much if they could help it, and whose whole life always lay somewhere in the offing.


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