I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head…

Jeanette Winterson
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I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2007). Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, p.161, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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