“All secrets are deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.”
Cory Doctorow Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Source: Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (2005)
““Friendship is rooted in the protection of deep dark secrets.””
1971
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