“Sometimes when you feed on another’s word you must eat it like a banana – you peel it first.”
Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005) American artist
Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978
“Sometimes, a family is like an ear of summer corn: It might look perfect on the outside, but when you peel the husk away. every kernel is rotten.”
Source: Ali's Pretty Little Lies
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