Eric Jerome Dickey Quotes

Most women got this thing called compassion. It doesn't make them foolish, just more forgiving. More capable of trying and hoping things worked out.

Eric Jerome Dickey

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• Foolish
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• Most women got this thing called compassion. It doesn't make them foolish, just more forgiving. More capable of trying and hoping things worked out.

  

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  • Compassion
  • Forgiving
  • Foolish