It seemed to me the way it must feel to people who cut themselves on p…

Cheryl Strayed
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It seemed to me the way it must feel to people who cut themselves on purpose. Not pretty, but clean. Not good, but void of regret. I was trying to heal. Trying to get the bad out of my system so I could be good again. To cure me of myself. ✨ Cheryl Strayed (2012). Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found, p.38, Atlantic Books Ltd
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