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And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart.
-E. L. Doctorow
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And So The Ordinary Unendurable Torments We

E. L. Doctorow
And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart.
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