I felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never …

Leo Tolstoy
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I felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never come, that my present frame of mind might never change. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2009). Family Happiness: Stories, p.20, Harper Collins
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I felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never come, that my present frame of mind might never change. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2009). Family Happiness: Stories, p.20, Harper Collins

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