You hold on to old experiences: injuries, injustices, and great love a…

Ann Brashares
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You hold on to old experiences: injuries, injustices, and great love affairs, too. And you hold them in your joints and your organs, and wear them on your skin. ✨ Ann Brashares (2010). My Name is Memory, p.102, Penguin
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You hold on to old experiences: injuries, injustices, and great love affairs, too. And you hold them in your joints and your organs, and wear them on your skin. ✨ Ann Brashares (2010). My Name is Memory, p.102, Penguin

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