Otori-takeo Quote by Lian Hearn Download Open image ““Shame, however, was what I felt seeping through me as though it stained my white bones black.”” — Lian Hearn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Otori-takeo
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..while I was happy enough to pray to any god, knowing that they were simply different faces created by men, of one indivisible truth. — Lian Hearn Copy Share Image
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