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Bad thing Quote by Wally Lamb

“So many bad things have happened to them that they can't trust the good things. They have to shove them away before someone can get it back.” quote by Wally Lamb — Download Open image

“So many bad things have happened to them that they can't trust the good things. They have to shove them away before someone can get it back.”

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