It is when suffering finds a voice and sets our nerves quivering that …

H. G. Wells
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It is when suffering finds a voice and sets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us. ✨ H. G. Wells (2016). The Island of Doctor Moreau, p.46, H. G. Wells
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It is when suffering finds a voice and sets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us. ✨ H. G. Wells (2016). The Island of Doctor Moreau, p.46, H. G. Wells

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