The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of chil…

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The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of childhood ✨ Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, p.15, Ballantine Books
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