And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expe…

Madeleine L'Engle
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And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expense of another life. ✨ Madeleine L'Engle (2008). A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, p.80, Macmillan
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