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Polly Toynbee

"Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal."

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"She'd felt more pain from Nico in their brief connection than she had from her entire legion during the battle against the giant Polybotes."

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"And she looked upon the mirror that was given as a gift. She hated everything about it, from the circular size of it, to the color, and the wooden frame that held it in place. But mostly, she hated looking at herself. Especially into this one that had a scratch on its glass surface, which would reflect back to her face. And as she looked, it would cut her as the words her father would often say, in telling her she was ugly."

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