Wickedness was like food: once you got started it was hard to stop; th…

John Updike
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Wickedness was like food: once you got started it was hard to stop; the gut expanded to take in more and more. ✨ John Updike (1984). The witches of Eastwick, Fawcett
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Wickedness was like food: once you got started it was hard to stop; the gut expanded to take in more and more. ✨ John Updike (1984). The witches of Eastwick, Fawcett

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