I'd learned a long time ago that you can't prove a negative. You can prove that you did something, but it's the devil to prove you didn't do something. (Laurell K. Hamilton)

I'd learned a long time ago that you can't prove a negative. You can prove that you did something, but it's the devil to prove you didn't do something.

Laurell K. Hamilton

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