I suppose we all have our little hiding-hole if the truth was known, b…

Frank O'Connor
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I suppose we all have our little hiding-hole if the truth was known, but as small as it is, the whole world is in it, and bit by bit grows on us again till the day You find us out. ✨ Frank O'Connor (1981). Collected stories, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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