I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the s…

W. Somerset Maugham
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I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (1939). Christmas Holiday
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