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It's something everybody wants-for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
Writer
Sylvester
Georgia
Wants
Hurt
Everybody
Someone
Matter
Done
Something
Like
Matters

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