Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heel…

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Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ✨ Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.]: The American claimant and other stories and sketches
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