I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons t…

Agatha Christie
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I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that. ✨ Agatha Christie (1991). Agatha Christie: An Autobiography, Berkley Publishing Group
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I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that. ✨ Agatha Christie (1991). Agatha Christie: An Autobiography, Berkley Publishing Group

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