The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that…

Jonathan Kozol
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The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking. ✨ Jonathan Kozol (2012). Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope, p.32, Crown
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The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking. ✨ Jonathan Kozol (2012). Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope, p.32, Crown

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