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Sometimes there’s no one to listen to what you really might like to say at a certain moment. the paper always listens.
-Naomi Shihab Nye
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Sometimes There’s No One To Listen To

Naomi Shihab Nye
Sometimes there’s no one to listen to what you really might like to say at a certain moment. the paper always listens.
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