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Graham Greene, A Gun for Sale Quotes: She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it.
         

She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it.


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