...all of them had tried to forget it. They did not talk about it; they never mentioned it. But it lingered… — Celeste Ng
...all of them had tried to forget it. They did not talk about it; they never mentioned it. But it lingered, like a bad smell. It had suffused them so deeply it could never wash out. (chapter six, p124)
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