I've been living alone for so long, everything about me’s private. I’m…

Kurt Vonnegut
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I've been living alone for so long, everything about me’s private. I’m surprised anyone’s able to understand a word I say. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2009). Mother Night: A Novel, p.92, Dial Press
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I've been living alone for so long, everything about me’s private. I’m surprised anyone’s able to understand a word I say. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2009). Mother Night: A Novel, p.92, Dial Press

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