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Dorothy L. Sayers - For God's sake, let's take the...

For God's sake, let's take the word 'possess' and put a brick round its neck and drown it... We can't possess one another. We can only give and hazard all we have. (Dorothy L. Sayers)

For God's sake, let's take the word 'possess' and put a brick round its neck and drown it... We can't possess one another. We can only give and hazard all we have.

Dorothy L. Sayers

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