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I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to… — Rebecca Wells

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I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others into our hearts?

Rebecca Wells
The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood · 1996
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Vulnerability
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1996
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Rebecca Wells
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Wells, Rebecca. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. HarperCollins, 1996, ch. 31.

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