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This is what happens in the world: somebody brushes by you and utters words that bring a feeling like a stone being lodged in your chest, and they go on their way and you are left alone and you put a hand to your heart, to try to get the stone away, but it doesn’t move.
‘I expect you will choose the grey, because you think that the scarlet dress is too bold for you, but try it on and see what it does to how you feel. Clothes are not just ornaments; they’re also medicines.’
If a child isn’t cared for, he or she becomes a beggar. The thing we beg for is love.’
