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But the truth is that I'm gloomy - gloomier than I ever was during the war. Everything is so broken, Sophie: the roads, the buildings, the people. Especially the people.

But the truth is that I'm gloomy - gloomier than I ever was during the war. Everything is so broken, Sophie: the roads, the buildings, the people. Especially the people.

Approximate author period: c. 2008 AD · contemporary

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Mary Ann Shaffer
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Approximate author period: c. 2008 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for Mary Ann Shaffer: documented activity in 2008. Wikidata Q440146, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440146 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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