Defeat Quote by Ann Brashares

“Grief was like a newborn, and the first three months were hard as hell, but by six months you'd recognized defeat, shifted your life around, and made room for it.”

Ann Brashares

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Defeat Failure Firsts Grief Hard Hell Life Made Months Newborn Rooms Six Six months Three Three months

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