Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't …

Sarah Dessen
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Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2004). This Lullaby, p.180, Penguin
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