You touch some of the reasons for my going, not for my staying away. ✨…

Charles Dickens
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You touch some of the reasons for my going, not for my staying away. ✨ Charles Dickens (2010). A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations (Oprah's Book Club): Two Novels, p.195, Penguin
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You touch some of the reasons for my going, not for my staying away. ✨ Charles Dickens (2010). A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations (Oprah's Book Club): Two Novels, p.195, Penguin

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