Wounded?” was all I could manage. “Yes,” said Pat. “And you’re wounded…

Cheryl Strayed
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Wounded?” was all I could manage. “Yes,” said Pat. “And you’re wounded in the same place. That’s what fathers do if they don’t heal their wounds. They wound their children in the same place. ✨ Cheryl Strayed (2012). Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found, p.182, Atlantic Books Ltd
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