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As a young woman, I was so eager to please that I served others' happiness and even their values before my own. It didn't earn me love, but it did deliver me to a place where I had to choose between what I thought of myself and what other people did. I chose myself.

Kathryn Harrison

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Kathryn Harrison
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 20
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