Thomas Harris Quotes

In making friends, she was wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. She had been involved with a few--the blind attract them, and they are the enemy.

Thomas Harris

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• Friends
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• Blind
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• Dependency

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• In making friends, she was wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. She had been involved with a few--the blind attract them, and they are the enemy.

  

  Thomas Harris
  • People
  • Friends
  • Enemy