Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic…

Sherman Alexie
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Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the imperial forces of cynicism and irony. I am a sentimental soldier. ✨ Sherman Alexie (2012). Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories, p.304, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the imperial forces of cynicism and irony. I am a sentimental soldier. ✨ Sherman Alexie (2012). Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories, p.304, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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