We'll eat your steam and lap up your blood. But first, we'll drink your screams
They found him guilty, and brother, if Maine had the death penalty, he would have done the airdance before that spring's crocuses poked their heads out of the dirt.
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons
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They found him guilty, and brother, if Maine had the death penalty, he would have done the airdance before that spring's crocuses poked their heads out of the dirt.
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