Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist. …

Kristin Hannah
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Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist. ✨ Kristin Hannah (2013). Kristin Hannah's Coming Home 4-Book Bundle: On Mystic Lake, Summer Island, Distant Shores, Home Again, p.198, Ballantine Books
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