Dorothy L. Sayers quote: For God's sake, let's take the word 'possess' and put a brick round its neck and drown it ... We ...

For God's sake, let's take the word 'possess' and put a brick round its neck and drown it ... We can't possess one another. We can only give and hazard all we have.

~ Dorothy L. Sayers ~

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