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1 " The serial murderer often seeks the very form of capital punishment that is being held over his head as a deterrent. "
2 " Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very form of a married woman's letter needed to include the usual complaints -- that we were pathetic, powerless, worked to the bone, homesick, and sad. We were supposed to speak directly about our feelings without appearing ungrateful, no-account, or unfilial. "
― Lisa See , Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
