There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction. (Edgar Allan Poe)

There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.

Edgar Allan Poe

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