I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls alwa…

Harper Lee
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I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with. ✨ Harper Lee (1960). TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
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I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with. ✨ Harper Lee (1960). TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

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