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Of Our Hurts We Make Monuments Of Survival. If We Survive.
-Joyce Carol Oates
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Of Our Hurts We Make Monuments Of
Joyce Carol Oates
Of Our Hurts We Make Monuments Of Survival. If We Survive.
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