My mother said, kiss him, darling, it's easy so natural and I thought …

Francesca Lia Block
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My mother said, kiss him, darling, it's easy so natural and I thought to myself, not with lips of stone, dear mother, not with lips of stone ✨ Francesca Lia Block (2009). How to (Un)cage a Girl, p.7, Harper Collins
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