No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another.
BARRY WHITE
BARRY WHITE
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Barry White44 quotes“No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces that drove his soul in one direction and mine in another.”
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