Anger, though, is too fierce a flame to last for long, and when it bur…

Jodi Picoult
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Anger, though, is too fierce a flame to last for long, and when it burned out, I was left numb and wondering. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.331, Simon and Schuster
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Anger, though, is too fierce a flame to last for long, and when it burned out, I was left numb and wondering. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.331, Simon and Schuster

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