I had grown a thin mustache, I was a full-grown man, and yet I was completely helpless and without a goal in life.
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Now everything changed. My childhood world was breaking apart around me. My parents eyed me with a certain embarrassment. My sisters had become strangers to me…
Permalink to quote #9 I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?
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