Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception. ✨ …

Jeanette Winterson
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Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (2007). Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, p.161, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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