Little bits of things make me do it; — perhaps a word that I said and …

Anthony Trollope
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Little bits of things make me do it; — perhaps a word that I said and ought not to have said ten years ago; — the most ordinary little mistakes, even my own past thoughts to myself about the merest trifles. They are always making me shiver. ✨ Anthony Trollope (2016). Can You Forgive Her?, p.57, Open Road Media
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