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Patricia Highsmith, Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith Quotes: Life is a long failure of understanding, a long, mistaken shutting of the heart.
         

Life is a long failure of understanding, a long, mistaken shutting of the heart.


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