Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication. -Aunt Beast. (Madeleine L'Engle)

Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication. -Aunt Beast.

Madeleine L'Engle

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