They were nice enough people and all, but there wasn't much love in th…

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They were nice enough people and all, but there wasn't much love in them. Because they were too busy being afraid. Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear, just as plants didn't grow very well in a place where it was always dark. ✨ Stephen King (2008). The Stand, p.1452, Anchor
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