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" Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end. "
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Switzerland
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" I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside. "
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" Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material. "
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