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The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton

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there is a rift in the human soul
which was not constructed to belong
entirely to life.”
― Louise Glück, Averno

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― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

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more than you have harmed me,
my beloved life.”
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