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“Was he the only one who was just old enough to speak out, not yet so old and jaded that he acceded to authority over anything else? Or was it the opposite? Was he of the age where he had the ignorance of youth coupled with the arrogance of adulthood?” quote by wildbow — Download Open image

““Was he the only one who was just old enough to speak out, not yet so old and jaded that he acceded to authority over anything else? Or was it the opposite? Was he of the age where he had the ignorance of youth coupled with the arrogance of adulthood?””

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