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Give a truly good person power, and they__e still a good person. Give a bad person power, and they__e still a bad person. The question is always about the person in between. The one that isn__ evil, or good, but just ordinary. You don__ always know what an ordinary person is like on the inside.
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Give a truly good person power, and they__e still a good person. Give a bad person power, and they__e still a bad person. The question is always about the person in between. The one that isn__ evil, or good, but just ordinary. You don__ always know what an ordinary person is like on the inside.
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Laurell K. Hamilton

Incubus Dreams

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