"We are shocked by thieves taking pride in their clever touch, prostitutes in their depravity and murderers in their callousness. But it is shocking on...

Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.
~ Leo Tolstoy ~












Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.

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