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Innocence Ends When One Is Stripped Of The Delusion That One Likes Oneself.
-Joan Didion
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Innocence Ends When One Is Stripped Of
Joan Didion
Innocence Ends When One Is Stripped Of The Delusion That One Likes Oneself.
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