There are things about your childhood you hold onto… because they were so much a part of you. The places you went, the people you knew.

Published on June 1, 2016 , under Quotes
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Source: The Wonder Years (1988–1993), an ABC television show, created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens.

Complete Sentence: There are things about your childhood you hold onto… because they were so much a part of you. The places you went, the people you knew. Somewhere, in every memory I had, was Winnie Cooper. I knew everything about her. What I didn’t know was that she was falling apart.

There are things about your childhood you hold onto... because they were so much a part of you. The places you went, the people you knew

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