You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because…

Cassandra Clare
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You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because ugly motives are all you understand. ✨ Cassandra Clare (2008). City of Ashes, p.400, Simon and Schuster
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You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because ugly motives are all you understand. ✨ Cassandra Clare (2008). City of Ashes, p.400, Simon and Schuster

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