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These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed.But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets.The one who saved me . . . and the one who cursed me.

These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed.But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets.The one who saved me . . . and the one who cursed me.

Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Rick Yancey
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1962; activity date not established; Wikidata Q2151644, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2151644 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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