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“Everyone has a thousand wishes before a tragedy, but just one afterward.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
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“Difficult questions, simple answers. What is a community?
It is the sum total of our choices.”
― Beartown
It is the sum total of our choices.”
― Beartown
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“She’s fifteen, above the age of consent, and he’s seventeen, but he’s still “the boy” in every conversation. She’s “the young woman”.
Words are not small things.”
― Beartown
Words are not small things.”
― Beartown
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“I just mean ... damn ... this might sound a bit crazy, but sometimes you can't help wondering if we don't take all this a bit too seriously. If we aren't putting too much pressure on the juniors. They're not really much more than ... kids."
...
"That depends what we want from the kids. And what the kids want from hockey.”
― Beartown
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"That depends what we want from the kids. And what the kids want from hockey.”
― Beartown
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“You never have the sort of friends you have when you’re fifteen ever again. Even if you keep them for the rest of your life, it’s never the same as it was then.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
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This is a book club where we will share our current reads in ebooks, regular books, audiobooks, graphic novels and more. This is where we can all shar ...more
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