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They adore you beacause they think you offer up your friendship and ask for nothing in return. But that's not true-' He took a deep breath. 'You do ask for something. You ask that we never expect you to need us.

They adore you beacause they think you offer up your friendship and ask for nothing in return. But that's not true-' He took a deep breath. 'You do ask for something. You ask that we never expect you to need us.

Approximate author period: c. 1998 AD · modern

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Kamila Shamsie
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Approximate author period: c. 1998 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Kamila Shamsie: documented activity in 1998. Wikidata Q3087962, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3087962 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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