Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it, hotheadedness isn't. (Harper Lee)

Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it, hotheadedness isn't.

Harper Lee

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