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My heart is a teacup with hairline cracks. I feel like I have to walk real carefully so it won't get shaken and just all shatter and break.

Francesca Lia Block

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Francesca Lia Block
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 3
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Carefully
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Teacup
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Hairline
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Real
Shaken
Heart
Cracks

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