She had learned the self-deprecating ways of the woman who does not want to be thought hard and grasping, but her artifices could not always cover the nakedness of her need to excel.

Faith Sullivan in The Cape Ann (1988)
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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She had learned the self-deprecating ways of the woman who does not want to be thought hard and grasping, but her artifices could not always cover the nakedness of her need to excel.

quote by Faith Sullivan
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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