There are so many things to be tortured about, sweet pea. So many tort…

Cheryl Strayed
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There are so many things to be tortured about, sweet pea. So many torturous things in this life. Don't let the man who doesn't love you be one of them. ✨ Cheryl Strayed (2012). Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, p.186, Vintage
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There are so many things to be tortured about, sweet pea. So many torturous things in this life. Don't let the man who doesn't love you be one of them. ✨ Cheryl Strayed (2012). Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, p.186, Vintage

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