I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that ev…

Jeannette Walls
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I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets. ✨ Jeannette Walls (2009). The Glass Castle: A Memoir, p.270, Simon and Schuster
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