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> [“They were nothing more than people, by themselves. Even paired, any pairing, they would have been nothing more than people by themselves. But all together, they have become the heart and muscles and mind of something perilous and new, something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keri-hulme/they-were-nothing-more-than-people-by-themselves-even-paired-any/)

[Keri Hulme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keri-hulme/)

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