Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life …

Jhumpa Lahiri
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Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ✨ FaceBook post byJhumpa Lahiri from Dec 20, 2010
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Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ✨ FaceBook post byJhumpa Lahiri from Dec 20, 2010

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