She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that nam…

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She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I expected. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.168, Hamilton Books
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I expected. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.168, Hamilton Books

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