Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazin…

Arundhati Roy
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Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to. ✨ The God of Small Things. Book by Arundhati Roy, 1997.
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Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to. ✨ The God of Small Things. Book by Arundhati Roy, 1997.

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