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But sometimes shame is a more powerful engine than rage. Like rage, it burns hot and like rage it tends to consume its own furnace.

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Jonathan Maberry
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 18
Author
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Kensington
Philadelphia
Shane MacDougall
Engines
Tends
Hot
Rage
Furnace
Shame
Furnaces
Powerful
Consume
Sometimes
Burns
Like
Engine

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