Accepting Quote by Rachel Joyce

“And it can take a lifetime, a life of many years, to accept the incongruity of things: that a small moment can sit side by side with a big one, and become part of the same.” quote by Rachel Joyce — Download Open image

“And it can take a lifetime, a life of many years, to accept the incongruity of things: that a small moment can sit side by side with a big one, and become part of the same.”

Rachel Joyce

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