You can't win. Either you have the baby and wear your pain on the outs…

Jodi Picoult
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You can't win. Either you have the baby and wear your pain on the outside, or you don't have the baby, and you keep that ache in you forever ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.190, Simon and Schuster
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You can't win. Either you have the baby and wear your pain on the outside, or you don't have the baby, and you keep that ache in you forever ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.190, Simon and Schuster

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