You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, …

Louisa May Alcott
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You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off. ✨ Louisa May Alcott Little Women, Рипол Классик
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