In increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us…

John Irving
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In increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us -- not always in one momentous event but often in a series of small robberies, which add up to the same loss. ✨ John Irving (2012). In One Person: A Novel, p.260, Simon and Schuster
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In increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us -- not always in one momentous event but often in a series of small robberies, which add up to the same loss. ✨ John Irving (2012). In One Person: A Novel, p.260, Simon and Schuster

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