I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, but I don't know the…

Gregory Maguire
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I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, but I don't know the way out. ✨ Gregory Maguire (2013). The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz, p.104, Harper Collins
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