"You can't do anything for a person who is stuck between being happy and being miserable. All you can do is get trapped in the middle, and anyone in the middle just gets squished.' -Grandma"

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Source : Jack Gantos (2002). “What Would Joey Do?”, p.65, Macmillan

Jack Gantos

#Grandma Quotes #Miserable Quotes #Middle Quotes

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