In those hours he is awake and prowling through the building, he sometimes feels he is a demon who has disguised himself — Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
In those hours he is awake and prowling through the building, he sometimes feels he is a demon who has disguised himself — Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
In those hours he is awake and prowling through the building, he sometimes feels he is a demon who has disguised himself — Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
In those hours he is awake and prowling through the building, he sometimes feels he is a demon who has disguised himself — Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
In those hours he is awake and prowling through the building, he sometimes feels he is a demon who has disguised himself — Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
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In those hours he is awake and prowling through the building, he sometimes feels he is a demon who has disguised himself as a human, and only at night is it safe to shed the costume he must wear by daylight, and indulge his true nature.

— Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
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