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Quote #10
I sit there and listen to the history of my family, the Schroeders and the Markhams, who set out on their separate journeys that day not realizing the tragic ironies and joys of that collision of worlds on the Jellicoe Road. And of the people they never would have met if it hadn't happened.
Like Fitz and Jude.
And me. (25.138-140)
The car crash that killed Tate's family and Hannah and Webb's parents was nightmarish and tragic—there's no getting away from that—but still, Taylor's reflection here seems to prove that love and genuine, lifelong relationships can rise out of the ashes of loss. If the accident never happened, the powerful bond between the five never would have formed, changed their lives, and led to a new generation.