Honesty was a tough customer... Once you started allowing yourself som…

Ann Brashares
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Honesty was a tough customer... Once you started allowing yourself some honesty, it couldn't easily be contained or limited to one part of your life. It was like poison ivy or a bossy houseguest. Once it was there, you couldn't tell it what to do. You had to really fight to keep it from taking over. ✨ Ann Brashares (2008). The Last Summer (of You and Me), p.163, Penguin
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