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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming. - Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.

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