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Anne Frank
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
― Anne Frank
tags: candle, darkness, illumination, misattributed
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Biography, Business, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and Travel


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