In a perverse way, I was glad for the stitches, glad it would show, th…

Janet Fitch
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In a perverse way, I was glad for the stitches, glad it would show, that there would be scars. What was the point in just being hurt on the inside? It should bloody well show. ✨ Janet Fitch (2006). White Oleander, p.132, Hachette UK
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