The girl in the mirror wasn't who I wanted to be and her life wasn't t…

Francesca Lia Block
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The girl in the mirror wasn't who I wanted to be and her life wasn't the one I wanted to have. ✨ Francesca Lia Block (2012). Pink Smog: Becoming Weetzie Bat, p.8, Harper Collins
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The girl in the mirror wasn't who I wanted to be and her life wasn't the one I wanted to have. ✨ Francesca Lia Block (2012). Pink Smog: Becoming Weetzie Bat, p.8, Harper Collins

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