Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuita…

Jeanette Winterson
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Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuitable places. Wrong places. Sometimes the safe place won't help you. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2011). Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, p.63, Random House
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Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuitable places. Wrong places. Sometimes the safe place won't help you. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2011). Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, p.63, Random House

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