No matter what anyone says, suicide takes guts. It's for heroes and ma…

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No matter what anyone says, suicide takes guts. It's for heroes and martyrs, truly vainglorious men. Archie was none of these. He was a man whose significance in the Greater Scheme of Things could be figured along familiar ratios: Pebble : Beach Raindrop : Ocean Needle : Haystack ✨ Zadie Smith (2000). White teeth
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