“You're a man who has suffered and wants revenge,' she said. 'Your heart is dead, your soul is in darkness. The devil by your side is smiling because you are playing the game he invented.”

—  Paulo Coelho, book The Devil and Miss Prym

Source: The Devil and Miss Prym

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