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Caress Quote by Rita Webb

“I like the dark; it is safer here, where no one can see me. The shadows caress me; friends hugging me.” quote by Rita Webb — Download Open image

“I like the dark; it is safer here, where no one can see me. The shadows caress me; friends hugging me.”

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