Don’t you, when strangers and friends come to call, straighten the cus…

Jeanette Winterson
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Don’t you, when strangers and friends come to call, straighten the cushions, kick the books under the bed and put away the letter you were writing? How many of us want any of us to see us as we really are? Isn’t the mirror hostile enough?
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