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She told me in her office hours that asking a good question was more important than having the right answer. I've been asking better questions ever since.

My sister Nora left Dublin as a young woman and turned herself into someone extraordinary. She never forgot where she came from. She called Mam every Sunday until Mam passed.

My mother crossed an ocean with almost nothing. She built a life of complete fullness. I am in awe of her and I always will be.

She showed up to my first book club meeting in 1992 and never missed a single one. She always had the best questions.

Victoria catalogued the largest private donation in our library's history — 4,000 volumes — by herself over three months. Her dedication was unmatched.

The library will feel like a museum without her in it. She was its living heart.

Gran had a book for every occasion. When I failed my exams, she handed me "East of Eden" and said: read this before you decide anything. I did. She was right.

She ran the summer reading program for 25 years. Every child who came through those doors came back.

She never recommended a book without knowing exactly who you were and what you needed to read. That was a kind of genius.

Maria Aparecida foi uma das voluntárias mais comprometidas que nossa paróquia já teve. Ela servia sem esperar reconhecimento. Isso é santidade no dia a dia.

Pai, você nunca falou muito mas fazia muito. Aprendi com você que as ações dizem mais que as palavras. Vou tentar honrar isso todo dia.

Fui su alumna en 1978 en la escuela rural de San Marcos. Me enseñó a leer y me dijo que yo podía llegar lejos. Llegué. Gracias, maestra.

Papá, la primera cosa que hice cuando me gradué fue llamarte. Eras mi orgullo y mi ejemplo. Espero estar haciendo bien lo que me enseñaste.

Vovó, você me ensinou a fazer brigadeiro e a nunca desistir de nada. São as duas coisas mais importantes que aprendi até hoje.

Trabalhei ao lado de Ana Maria por quinze anos. Ela era a razão pela qual os pacientes sorriam mesmo nos dias ruins. Uma profissional e um ser humano raros.

She called me every Sunday morning for 40 years. I didn't realize until this Sunday what silence sounds like.

Dorothy's sweet potato pie is the stuff of legend in this community. She never wrote the recipe down. Said she'd teach us in person when we were ready. We were never ready enough.

She was my Sunday school teacher and my neighbor for 30 years. The woman never had a bad word for anyone.