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You don't understand. How could you? We were in the worst sort of hell. We weren't living day to day or even hour to hour. We survived minute by excruciating minute. The next day was an eternity away and we didn't want it. Death wasn't the enemy. It was our salvation.
You don't understand. How could you? We were in the worst sort of hell. We weren't living day to day or even hour to hour. We survived minute by excruciating minute. The next day was an eternity away and we didn't want it. Death wasn't the enemy. It was our salvation.
Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
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- Maya Banks
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- Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Maya Banks: documented birth year 1964; activity date not established. Wikidata Q6796666, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6796666 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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