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Marie-Lear Love Quotes

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Finally, we must always have love because it allows us to achieve our goals. After being blind for only about a year, Marie-Laure’s father tells her to take them home; “‘Now,’ he says, ‘you’re going to take us home. [...] You can do this Marie.’ She cannot. [...] But in the winter of her eighth year, to Marie-Laure’s surprise, she begins to get it right” (Doerr 36, 40). The love that Marie-Laure’s father displays is what drives her every move. At first, she is unable to accomplish her goal of getting home, however every single day, her father forces her to keep pushing, just one more step. Eventually, she succeeds. When we truly love someone, we want to make them proud. Marie-Laure’s father will be proud of her if she can accomplish this

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