As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will…

Banana Yoshimoto
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As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed. ✨ Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus (1979). Three Plays, p.42, Grove Press
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