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Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.
John Marsden
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Nothing reaches inside you and grabs you by the guts the way fear does.
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A few people would suffer, but a lot of people would be better off.' 'It's just not right,' said Kevin stubbornly. 'Maybe not. But neither's your way of looking at it. There doesn't have to be a right side and a wrong side. both sides can be right, or both sides can be wrong.
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