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Torture is not torture when there’s any hope of relief.

Tahereh Mafi

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Tahereh Mafi
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: November 9
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Connecticut
United States
Torture
Relief
Hope

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