The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life…

Yann Martel
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The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other. ✨ Yann Martel (2009). Life of Pi, p.240, Vintage Canada
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