stanchion, n. I don't want to be the strong one, but I don't want to b…

David Levithan
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stanchion, n. I don't want to be the strong one, but I don't want to be the weak one either. Why does it feel like it's always one or the other? When we embrace, one of us is always holding the other a little tighter. ✨ David Levithan (2011). The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel, p.172, Macmillan
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stanchion, n. I don't want to be the strong one, but I don't want to be the weak one either. Why does it feel like it's always one or the other? When we embrace, one of us is always holding the other a little tighter. ✨ David Levithan (2011). The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel, p.172, Macmillan

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