"If you say a word, it leaps out and becomes the truth. I love you. I believe it. I believe I am loveable. How can something as fragile as a word build a whole world?"

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Source : Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.361, A&C Black

Franny Billingsley

#Believe Quotes #Love You Quotes #World Quotes

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