Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is with…

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Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it. ✨ Douglas Adams (2012). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five, p.250, Pan Macmillan
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Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it. ✨ Douglas Adams (2012). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five, p.250, Pan Macmillan

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