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It shook Therese in the profoundest part of her where no words were, no easy words like death or dying or killing Those words were somehow future, and this was present. An inarticulate anxiety, a desire to know, know anything for certain, had jammed itself in her throat for a moment she felt she could hardly breathe.
It shook Therese in the profoundest part of her where no words were, no easy words like death or dying or killing Those words were somehow future, and this was present. An inarticulate anxiety, a desire to know, know anything for certain, had jammed itself in her throat for a moment she felt she could hardly breathe.
Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
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- Patricia Highsmith
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- Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Patricia Highsmith: documented activity in 1950. Wikidata Q270635, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270635 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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