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I'm the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox. But that's fine with me. I don't mind at all. Better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class match.

~ Haruki Murakami ~

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I'm the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox. But that's fine with me. I don't mind at all. Be...

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