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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave There was a flicker of something in Greta's look. I couldn't tell whether it was a flicker of love or regret or meanness. - Quote by Carol Rifka Brunt

There was a flicker of something in Greta’s look. I couldn’t tell whether it was a flicker of love or regret or meanness.

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