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Hate is like cancer, separate from the normal cells, devouring and not being nourished, annihilating itself along with everything it attacks.
Hate is like cancer, separate from the normal cells, devouring and not being nourished, annihilating itself along with everything it attacks.
Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
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- Madeleine L'Engle
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- Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
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