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When she can't bring me to heal with scolding, she bends me to shape with guilt.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
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Scolding
Bends
Heal
Guilt
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