A Quote by Cathy Kelly

Closeness means you get hurt; closeness means letting down your defences and letting people see the tender skin under the carapace.

Cathy Kelly

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Cathy Kelly
Irish - Novelist
Born: September 12, 1966

[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)

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