Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
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Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.

— Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
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