i want to give up my bearings, slip out of who i am, shed everything, …

Khaled Hosseini
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i want to give up my bearings, slip out of who i am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2013). And the Mountains Echoed, p.317, A&C Black
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i want to give up my bearings, slip out of who i am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin. ✨ Khaled Hosseini (2013). And the Mountains Echoed, p.317, A&C Black

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