"...who proved that you don't have to do what your parents want, or what your boyfriend wants, for you to be happy. You just have to be yourself, for there is no love greater than self love"

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Source : Jack Gantos (2011). “Dead End in Norvelt”, p.310, Macmillan

Jack Gantos

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