There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, an…

Ayn Rand
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There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.657, Hamilton Books
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