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Night's Edge (Night's Edge, #1)

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The Fox Wife

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“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
― Franz Kafka

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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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“You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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