“There are few things harder than being born into the wrong body.”
David Levithan book Every Day
Source: Every Day
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
— Mark Twain, book Pudd'nhead Wilson
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
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