I know now, after fifty years, that the finding/losing, forgetting/rem…

Jeanette Winterson
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I know now, after fifty years, that the finding/losing, forgetting/remembering, leaving/returning, never stops. The whole of life is about another chance, and while we are alive, till the very end, there is always another chance. ✨ Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal?. Book by Jeanette Winterson, 2011.
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