No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growin…

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No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. ✨ Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). Between the Lines, p.148, Simon and Schuster
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