Charis Wilson (Helen Charis Wilson) Quotes

I suppose we acquire most of our feelings about our bodies too early, and in ways too complicated, to make them easy to account for.

Charis Wilson

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• I suppose we acquire most of our feelings about our bodies too early, and in ways too complicated, to make them easy to account for.

  

  Charis Wilson
  • Feelings
  • Body
  • Easy