Sonya Hartnett Quotes

She doesn't understand that doors, walls, fences, ceilings - they're helpless to keep out what determinedly desires to get in.

Sonya Hartnett

• Desire
• Wall
• Doors
• Fence
• Helpless
• Ceilings

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  • Wall
  • Doors