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The fear of the crowd then came to Will, with the taste of a copper penny placed on his tongue; and it was not the fear that they were under divine judgement, but that they were not, and could never be.Sarah Perry
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Not even knowledge takes all the strangeness from the worldSarah Perry
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It was necessary to be afraid in order to have courage.Sarah Perry
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Luke diagnosed himself to be in love, and sought no cure for the disease.Sarah Perry
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What use was it to observe the human species and try to understand it? Their rules were fathomless and no mire fixed than the windSarah Perry
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Must we make battlegrounds out of our children?Sarah Perry
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Besides(..), it's a poor woman whose ambition is only to be loved.Sarah Perry
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There was grief, too, that was certain, and she was grateful for it, since however loathed he'd been by the end, he'd formed her, at least in part - and what good ever came of self-loathing?Sarah Perry
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Anything that was ever worth knowing began with once upon a timeSarah Perry