This is what it means to be loved... when someone wants to touch you, …

Banana Yoshimoto
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This is what it means to be loved... when someone wants to touch you, to be tender. ✨ Banana Yoshimoto (2011). The Lake, p.20, Melville House
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Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more--it's sad, but that's the truth. ✨ Banana Yoshimoto (2011). The Lake, p.16, Melville House
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This is what it means to be loved... when someone wants to touch you, to be tender. ✨ Banana Yoshimoto (2011). The Lake, p.20, Melville House

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