“I remember thinking my father was mean but knowing he was kind. I remember thinking my father was kind but knowing he was mean.”
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“So when I said “I don't like romance,” it was the equivalent of a dieter insisting she just doesn't want dessert. I did want it—I just thought I wasn't allowed.”
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“I know you’ve taken to wearing around your father’s hand-me-down anger
But I wish that you wouldn’t
It’s a few sizes too big and everyone can see it doesn’t fit you
Makes you look silly
Hangs loose at all the wrong places”
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But I wish that you wouldn’t
It’s a few sizes too big and everyone can see it doesn’t fit you
Makes you look silly
Hangs loose at all the wrong places”
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“i should apologize–
it’s true my dad stopped hugging me,
but i never say the other part:
i stopped hugging him too.”
― Promises of Gold
it’s true my dad stopped hugging me,
but i never say the other part:
i stopped hugging him too.”
― Promises of Gold
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