They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a …

Truman Capote
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They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities? ✨ Truman Capote (1955). Other voices, other rooms, Modern Library
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They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities? ✨ Truman Capote (1955). Other voices, other rooms, Modern Library

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