When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
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When the madness came, he would be like a man staggering along the rim of the abyss – which was his rage – and when the edge gave way or he missed his step, he might clutch at anyone within reach and drag that person with him over the precipice.

— Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
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