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I had learned early to assume something dark and lethal hidden at the heart of anything i loved. when i couldn't find it, i responded, bewildered and wary, in the only way i knew how: by planting it there myself.
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I Had Learned Early To Assume Something

Tana French
I had learned early to assume something dark and lethal hidden at the heart of anything i loved. when i couldn't find it, i responded, bewildered and wary, in the only way i knew how: by planting it there myself.
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