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That's what living in their world is-a big lie. An illusion where everyone looks the other way and pretends that nothing unpleasant exists at all, no goblins of the dark, no ghosts of the soul.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
World
Lying
Goblin
Bigs
Pretends
Everyone
Unpleasant
Living
Ghosts
Soul
Ghost
Nothing
Exists
Looks
Illusion
Way
Dark
Goblins

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