That was the way things worked. When you were looking for the big figh…

Ann Patchett
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That was the way things worked. When you were looking for the big fight, the moment that you thought would knock everything over, nothing much happened at all. ✨ Ann Patchett (2011). The Patron Saint of Liars, p.340, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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That was the way things worked. When you were looking for the big fight, the moment that you thought would knock everything over, nothing much happened at all. ✨ Ann Patchett (2011). The Patron Saint of Liars, p.340, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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