No place is safe - no place is at peace. There is no place where a wom…

H. G. Wells
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No place is safe - no place is at peace. There is no place where a women and her daughter can hide and be at peace. The war comes through the air, bombs drop in the night. Quiet people go out in the morning, and see air-fleets passing overhead - dripping death - dripping death! ✨ H. G. Wells (2015). Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells, p.2393, Delphi Classics
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