Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.…

D. H. Lawrence
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2000). The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.17, Cambridge University Press
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2000). The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.17, Cambridge University Press

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