While the innocent yearned to lose their innocence, those w… - Steven Erikson

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While the innocent yearned to lose their innocence, those who had already done so in turn envied the innocent, and knew grief in what they had lost. Between the two, no exchange of truths was possible.

Steven Erikson

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Steven Erikson (born 7 October 1959) is the pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin, a Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and novelist.

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Birth Name: Steve Rune Lundin

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