...we all must admit that everything is fine and there's no need in th…

Jack Kerouac
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...we all must admit that everything is fine and there's no need in the world to worry, and in fact we should realize what it would mean to us to UNDERSTAND that we're not REALLY worried about ANYTHING. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2007). On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.219, Penguin
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