It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they wou…

Rachel Cusk
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It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they would never dream of doing themselves, how enthusiasticall y they drive you to your own destruction. ✨ Rachel Cusk (2015). Outline: A Novel, p.160, Macmillan
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It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they would never dream of doing themselves, how enthusiasticall y they drive you to your own destruction. ✨ Rachel Cusk (2015). Outline: A Novel, p.160, Macmillan

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