Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exis…

Mark Twain
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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. ✨ Following the Equator ch. 59, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar (1897)
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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. ✨ Following the Equator ch. 59, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar (1897)

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