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Him kissing me used to be fodder for rumors that spread like wildfire. Now when we touch each other, the world doesn’t even notice. I know there should be freedom in that, but to me it only feels like loss.
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Kate Elizabeth Russell (My Dark Vanessa)
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The rumor spread through the city like wildfire (which had quite often spread through Ankh-Morpork since its citizens had learned the words “fire insurance”).
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Terry Pratchett (The Truth (Discworld, #25; Industrial Revolution, #2))