The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.
CARSON MCCULLERS
CARSON MCCULLERS
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Carson McCullersCarson McCullers But you haven’t never loved God nor even nair person. You hard and tough as cowhide. But just the same I knows you. This afternoon you going to roam all over the place without never being satisfied.
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