You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan…

Jeanette Winterson
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You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan.' I answered you: 'Isolde.' Isolde. The world became a word. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2006). Lighthousekeeping, p.189, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan.' I answered you: 'Isolde.' Isolde. The world became a word. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2006). Lighthousekeeping, p.189, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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