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Case Histories
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"Case Histories" Quotes

A private detective investigates three seemingly unrelated cases that unravel dark secrets and hidden connections.

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There was no escaping the fact that he had fallen in love, and he could think of no other word for it.

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love

The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.

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secrets

Guilt was a rope that pulled you along.

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guilt

She had tried to be the person she was before, but she had left that person somewhere down the road, she had mislaid her.

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identity

The past was all around him, pressing in on him, suffocating him.

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past

The worst thing that could happen had already happened.

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fear

He had always found solace in the smell of books.

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bookssolace

The human mind was capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future.

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mind

Sometimes a person has to be lost to find out who they really are.

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self-discovery

There were so many versions of the past, so many stories to tell.

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