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““Fear was once again breaking the shell around me so that something else could spring to life.””

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I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.

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“I don't need to sleep to play. I'm crazy anyway. Being crazier still could only help.”

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“what I felt was inexpressible gratitude for the music, that in this horror there could be something as beautiful as that.”

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