The world goes on, as stupid and brutal as tomorrow as it was today. A…

Jennifer Donnelly
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The world goes on, as stupid and brutal as tomorrow as it was today. And though I am shuddering with pain, and twisting with pain, and sobbing with pain, i laugh.Because I know now. I know the answer. I know the truth. Oh,dead man, you are dead wrong, I tell him.Can't you see? The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I [do not. I do not.] ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). Revolution, p.245, Bloomsbury Publishing
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