Didn't you finish your chemistry in school?" "You closed the school and burnt all the books." "Ah, so I did.
Patrick NessThe only crime, the only crime is to take a life. There is nothing else.' 'And that's why you don't fight,'I say. She turns to me sharply. 'To preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.
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