Why did I walk so purposefully in a straight line? Where would it take…

Jeanette Winterson
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Why did I walk so purposefully in a straight line? Where would it take me? He went round and round and we got there all the same. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2013). The World And Other Places, p.3, Random House
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Why did I walk so purposefully in a straight line? Where would it take me? He went round and round and we got there all the same. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2013). The World And Other Places, p.3, Random House

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