Carolina QuotesI believed all that stuff about pleasing myself. Can't be done. You can't please yourself by doing what you want. Because it doesn't mean anything if it's just you. There has to be somebody it matters to.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
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- Homebody (1998)
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- 1998
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“I believed all that stuff about pleasing myself. Can't be do…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B785071E98. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b785071e98
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