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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied child. - Quote by Geraldine Brooks

I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied child.

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