It is rarely that the pleasures of the imagination will compensate for…

Thomas Hardy
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It is rarely that the pleasures of the imagination will compensate for the pain of sleeplessness. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (British Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel, p.69, e-artnow
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