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Jessamyn West: A broken bone...

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A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Source: The Life I Really Lived, 1979.
-- Jessamyn West, (Jul 18 1902-1984), US author; She wrote stories based on her Quaker ancestors, e.g., The Friendly Persuasion, 1945.


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