Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake at night …

Jeanette Winterson
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Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake at night willing the darkness to part and show us a vision. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2007). The Passion, p.7, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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