"When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort."

Life, Men, Women, Comfort

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"When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort."

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"Tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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