I grew up in a household where we didn't really talk about our feeling…

Jodi Picoult
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I grew up in a household where we didn't really talk about our feelings, and where the only reason you went to a doctor was because you'd accidentally cut off a limb with a chain saw. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2011). Sing You Home: A Novel, p.49, Simon and Schuster
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I grew up in a household where we didn't really talk about our feelings, and where the only reason you went to a doctor was because you'd accidentally cut off a limb with a chain saw. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2011). Sing You Home: A Novel, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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