“But since I've never had a taste for unhappiness, I decided it wouldn't last. Unhappiness has to stop someday.”
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― Fresh Water for Flowers
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― Fresh Water for Flowers
― Fresh Water for Flowers
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that make the dead so heavy in their coffins.”
― Fresh Water for Flowers
that make the dead so heavy in their coffins.”
― Fresh Water for Flowers
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― Fresh Water for Flowers
― Fresh Water for Flowers
“Today, what matters for her, for me, is making flowers grow.”
― Fresh Water for Flowers
― Fresh Water for Flowers
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