Perhaps wisdom is simply a matter of waiting, and healing a question o…

Rachel Naomi Remen
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Perhaps wisdom is simply a matter of waiting, and healing a question of time. And anything good you've ever been given is yours forever. ✨ Rachel Naomi Remen (2006). Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition, p.230, Penguin
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