I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a m…

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I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make dspair pause. For in truth, we who are creatures of impulse, are creatures of despair. ✨ Chance. Book by Joseph Conrad, part I, ch. 6, 1913.
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I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make dspair pause. For in truth, we who are creatures of impulse, are creatures of despair. ✨ Chance. Book by Joseph Conrad, part I, ch. 6, 1913.

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