I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. …

Michael Cunningham
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I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful. ✨ Michael Cunningham (2010). A Home at the End of the World: A Novel, p.10, Macmillan
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I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful. ✨ Michael Cunningham (2010). A Home at the End of the World: A Novel, p.10, Macmillan

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