Instead, we'd do what we always did, the only thing we'd ever been dependably stellar at: we'd read.

Eleanor Brown
Instead, we'd do what we always did, the only thing...
Instead, we'd do what we always did, the only thing...
Instead, we'd do what we always did, the only thing...
Instead, we'd do what we always did, the only thing...
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Source: The Weird Sisters

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