When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the ble…

Jeannette Walls
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When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel, p.103, Simon and Schuster
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