Forbidden fruit Quote by Sarah Weinman

“As an inveterate lover of mystery, cracking the code of a writer's true identity has the same effect, for me, as tasting forbidden fruit.” quote by Sarah Weinman — Download Open image

“As an inveterate lover of mystery, cracking the code of a writer's true identity has the same effect, for me, as tasting forbidden fruit.”

Sarah Weinman

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