With total strangers, it had always been my policy to expect the worst…

Sarah Dessen
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With total strangers, it had always been my policy to expect the worst. Usually they-and those that you knew best, for that matter-did not disappoint. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2008). Lock and Key, p.7, Penguin
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