If evil means to be self-motivated, to be the center of one’s own univ…

Janet Fitch
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If evil means to be self-motivated, to be the center of one’s own universe, to live on one’s own terms, then every artist, every thinker, every original mind, is evil. ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press
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