Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection…

Anne Lamott
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Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out. ✨ Anne Lamott (2010). Imperfect Birds: A Novel, p.12, Penguin
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