You could feel things or you could find a way to shut down. But once y…

Ann Brashares
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You could feel things or you could find a way to shut down. But once you were feeling things, you couldn’t decide exactly what to feel. That was the trouble with letting them in at all. They made a mess of the place. ✨ Ann Brashares (2008). The Last Summer (of You and Me), p.163, Penguin
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You could feel things or you could find a way to shut down. But once you were feeling things, you couldn’t decide exactly what to feel. That was the trouble with letting them in at all. They made a mess of the place. ✨ Ann Brashares (2008). The Last Summer (of You and Me), p.163, Penguin

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