She was struggling, as she always had struggled, not to show what she …

Bernhard Schlink
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She was struggling, as she always had struggled, not to show what she could do but to hide what she couldn't do. A life made up of advances that were actually frantic retreats and victories that were concealed defeats. ✨ Bernhard Schlink (2001). The Reader, p.134, Vintage
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She was struggling, as she always had struggled, not to show what she could do but to hide what she couldn't do. A life made up of advances that were actually frantic retreats and victories that were concealed defeats. ✨ Bernhard Schlink (2001). The Reader, p.134, Vintage

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