...I was tired of men. Hanging in doorways, standing too close, their …

Janet Fitch
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...I was tired of men. Hanging in doorways, standing too close, their smell of beer or fifteen-year-old whiskey. Men who didn't come to the emergency room with you, men who left on Christmas Eve. Men who slammed the security gates, who made you love them and then changed their minds. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.184, Hachette UK
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