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Robert Fulghum

This person grew up in Waco, Texas, and has had a wide range of jobs.

The Lawyer Friend

This person is against everything, perhaps even the law profession, and has taken every opportunity to live life to the fullest.

Elias Schwartz

This person is a middle-aged Jewish cobbler.

Grandfather Sam

This person offers great wisdom on such things as miracles.

Nicolai Pestretsov

This person is a soldier who chose to go to prison rather than leave a spouse who had just been killed in an attack on a remote village.

Colonel Diego Ortiz de Parilla

This person was the leader of the group that tried to civilize San Saba.

Charles Boyer

This person was a romantic film actor and devoted spouse.

Fulghum Children

These people appear in various stories throughout the book, mostly to demonstrate how memories can be as powerful as the actual event.

Louise

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