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“I don't understand how I can know so little about love and how it works. How I can be so bad at it when it's all I've ever wanted. All I've ever known is about leaving or being left.”

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Book:The Dark and Hollow Places
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Book:Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini, The: A Bilingual Edition
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Book:A Burnt Child
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Book:Giovanni’s Room
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