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" I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame. "

Alice Walker

Think

Yourself

Long

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Hidden

See

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Enemies

Who

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Sister

Comforting

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Love

You

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