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In the Lake of the Woods
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"In the Lake of the Woods" Quotes

A politician's mysterious disappearance at a remote Minnesota lake leads to speculation and scrutiny of his life and relationships.

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Sometimes the truth doesn't set you free; sometimes it just makes you feel small and alone.

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In love, we find out who we want to be; in war, we find out who we are.

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The certainty of the heart's affections is a fiction created by our own desires.

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Sometimes memories are the only things we have of value.

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The truth is never simple and yet it is. The truth is we did kill her.

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There are no shortcuts to truth, no way to gain wisdom without pain.

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The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked.

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Love can be a destructive force, and yet it is the only force that gives us life.

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We are not what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream.

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Sometimes the world is so beautiful it makes your heart ache.

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