Stealing one brick (symbolically) from the quad.
STEALING ONE BRICK (SYMBOLICALLY) FROM THE QUAD.
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Remember those endless nights, the hum of the library, the crisp air on a late walk across the quad? Each moment, a tiny detail etching itself into our minds. We were building something then, weren't we? Our futures, our identities, brick by intellectual brick. Now, whether you’re still navigating those hallowed halls or years removed, forging new paths, that unique landscape remains. We carry fragments. Not a literal brick, of course, but a piece of that foundation. It's the silent understanding of a shared struggle, the echo of a profound lecture, the scent of the common room on a cold morning. These are the symbolic bricks we’ve quietly "stolen" – not to diminish the structure we left behind, but to reinforce the one we're still building. They are the tiny details that, when we least expect it, surface and remind us of who we were, and how that shaped who we are. That feeling of unbounded potential, of intellectual curiosity, still fuels us. Moving on doesn't mean forgetting; it means integrating. We look back, not with longing, but with gratitude for the silent wisdom embedded in those bricks, forming the bedrock of our journey. They're tucked away, these memories, these symbolic stones, forever shaping our path.
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