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But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.

Lionel Shriver

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Lionel Shriver
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Gastonia
North Carolina
Margaret Ann Shriver
Margaret Shriver
Weapon
Indifference
Ultimately
Weapons
Would
Commend
Devastating

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