‘Terror made me cruel…’
Book Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
‘Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of…’
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‘Perhaps he just got fed up acting normal and decided to act crazy instead, and they locked him up because he went too far…’
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‘I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell…’
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‘In short, I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way…’
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“Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man…’