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> [“Grady for an instant felt the oddest loss: poor Peter, he knew her even less, she realized, than Apple, and yet, because he was her only friend, she wanted to tell him: not now, sometime. And what would he say?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/grady-for-an-instant-felt-the-oddest-loss-poor-peter-he-knew-her-even/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [“He clings to his masculinity, his solitude and his feigned indif- ference so he can maintain his role, so he’ll never, ever have to show his feelings. Poor Peter, how long can he keep it up? Won’t he explode from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/he-clings-to-his-masculinity-his-solitude-and-his-feigned-indif/)

[Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/)

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