Walls protect and walls limit. It is in the nature of walls that they …

Jeanette Winterson
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Walls protect and walls limit. It is in the nature of walls that they should fall. That walls should fall is the consequence of blowing your own trumpet. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2007). Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, p.112, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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Walls protect and walls limit. It is in the nature of walls that they should fall. That walls should fall is the consequence of blowing your own trumpet. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2007). Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, p.112, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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