“Sometimes I write to keep from going crazy. There’s a world of things I don’t feel free to talk to anyone about.”
Source: Parable of the Sower (1993), p. 52
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Fifth Harmony Was Just The Beginning For Lauren Jauregui, Nylon Magazine, September 5, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtrtUi4Vmnw,