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Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer Quotes: Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.
         

Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.


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Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.
         



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