She stroked my hair and told me I was beautiful, but I was old enough …

Sarah Dessen
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She stroked my hair and told me I was beautiful, but I was old enough by then to know not to believe it anymore. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2004). Keeping the Moon, p.128, Penguin
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