This, I think, is how people survive: Even when horrible things have b…

David Levithan
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This, I think, is how people survive: Even when horrible things have been done to us, we can still find gratitude in one another. ✨ David Levithan (2009). Love Is the Higher Law, p.76, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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This, I think, is how people survive: Even when horrible things have been done to us, we can still find gratitude in one another. ✨ David Levithan (2009). Love Is the Higher Law, p.76, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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