How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken. ✨ Tennessee Willi…

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How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1945). The Glass Menagerie, p.21, New Directions Publishing
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How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1945). The Glass Menagerie, p.21, New Directions Publishing

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