He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could n…

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He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it. ✨ Nathanael West (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust, p.51, New Directions Publishing
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He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it. ✨ Nathanael West (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust, p.51, New Directions Publishing

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