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This ability to exist in pieces is what some adults call resilience. And I suppose in some way it is a kind of resilience, a horrible resilience that makes adults believe children forget trauma.

Lynda Barry

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Lynda Barry
Age: 69
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
University Teacher
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