Feeling lonely Quote by Alice Sebold

“I thought if I was very quiet, I would hear you. If I was still enough, you might come back.” quote by Alice Sebold — Download Open image

“I thought if I was very quiet, I would hear you. If I was still enough, you might come back.”

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