She had seen just now what she had...

She had seen just now what she had...

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She had seen just now what she had only sensed before, that the whole world was ready to be their enemy, and suddenly what she and Carol had together seemed no longer love or anything happy but a monster between them, with each of them caught in a fist.

- Patricia Highsmith
The Price of Salt
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