Why are terms of endearment always food? Honey, cookie, sugar, pumpkin…

Jodi Picoult
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Why are terms of endearment always food? Honey, cookie, sugar, pumpkin. Its not like caring about someone is enough to actually sustain you. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel, p.179, Simon and Schuster
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Why are terms of endearment always food? Honey, cookie, sugar, pumpkin. Its not like caring about someone is enough to actually sustain you. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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