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Elizabeth Bowen Quotes: The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.
         

The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.


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This page presents the quote "The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.". Author of this quote is Elizabeth Bowen. This quote is about literature, innocent, two, lying,.