How right that the body changed over time, becoming a gallery of scars…

Janet Fitch
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How right that the body changed over time, becoming a gallery of scars, a canvas of experience, a testament to life and one's capacity to endure it.
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I was always mortified.Didn't they know they were tying thier mothers to the ground? Weren't chains ashamed of their prisoners? ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press
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Dawn tinted the darkness like water ink. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). Paint It Black, p.203, Hachette UK
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How right that the body changed over time, becoming a gallery of scars, a canvas of experience, a testament to life and one's capacity to endure it.

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