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Numbers are a crazy thing. They hold together so much of what we depend on today. They are everywhere and we don't even know it. We can use them to predict things and we can use them to look into the past. They are put to work in sports and in chemical labs. They bring people together and sometimes tear us apart. They are what sometimes makes us keep our patience but they can also break our hearts. They are the percentages that people worry about when it comes to health. They are the things that companies rely on to measure their success and failure. They are the things that kids and parents struggle over together. Numbers keeps certain things moving along and make others fail. They pick the one in a million chance at fame and glory or the one in a million of failure and sadness. Numbers have no exception to the rule. They are always strong and steady. 1+1 is always 2 and 3 is always a magic number. You can write 8 until infinity and beyond. 42 will always be the meaning of life and 7 will be the number of the boy with the lightening scar. 10 will always be that major spot in a little kids life when he or she has reached the level of double digits. 13 will always be the marking of teen years and 18 the time to spread your wings and fly. 3.14 will always have pie and cake. These are the numbers that we hold onto dearly. These are the constants of our lives.