"Eventlessness has no post to drape duration on.

There are times that one treasures for all one's life, and such times are burned clearly and sharply on the material of total recall. I felt very fortunate that morning.
~ John Steinbeck ~












There are times that one treasures for all one's life, and such times are burned clearly and sharply...
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