So I was still guilty. And if I was not guilty because one cannot be g…

Bernhard Schlink
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So I was still guilty. And if I was not guilty because one cannot be guilty of betraying a criminal, then I was guilty of having loved a criminal. ✨ Bernhard Schlink (2001). The Reader, p.134, Vintage
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