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One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.
One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.
Approximate author period: c. 1992 AD · modern
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- Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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- Approximate author period: c. 1992 AD · modern
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