We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them …

David Levithan
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We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them if they stay. No matter how many times we let them go, they come back. The words that matter always stay. ✨ David Levithan (2008). The Realm of Possibility, p.143, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them if they stay. No matter how many times we let them go, they come back. The words that matter always stay. ✨ David Levithan (2008). The Realm of Possibility, p.143, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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