"This was a land of lost souls. Human beings who had weathered great storms in life, had suffered unspeakable loss, had been put to painful tests of existence, and still remained standing-but just barely."

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Source : Clare Vanderpool (2013). “Navigating Early”, p.141, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Clare Vanderpool

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“It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.”
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