There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated. …

Charles Dickens
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There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated. ✨ 'Barnaby Rudge' (1841) ch. 22 (Mr Tappertit)
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There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated. ✨ 'Barnaby Rudge' (1841) ch. 22 (Mr Tappertit)

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