The chances we take, knowing no better than to fall or to stand back a…

Sarah Dessen
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The chances we take, knowing no better than to fall or to stand back and hold ourselves in... protecting our hearts with the tightest of grips. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2004). This Lullaby, p.173, Penguin
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