How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a c…

H. L. Mencken
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How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2012). Mencken Chrestomathy, p.620, Vintage
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