In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew. (Jerry Spinelli)

In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.

Jerry Spinelli

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