Brutal Quote by Deborah Harkness

“It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however,” quote by Deborah Harkness — Download Open image

“It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however,”

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