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Mary Gaitskill Quotes: Of course there’s something there; unfortunately, there’s always something ‘there.’ Something you will one day be sorry you saw.
         

Of course there’s something there; unfortunately, there’s always something ‘there.’ Something you will one day be sorry you saw.


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