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“I couldn’t tell anyone how I felt. I had learned not to feel, or at least not to tell anyone about my feelings. It was a matter of survival, avoiding and enduring.” quote by John E. Monaco — Download Open image

““I couldn’t tell anyone how I felt. I had learned not to feel, or at least not to tell anyone about my feelings. It was a matter of survival, avoiding and enduring.””

John E. Monaco

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