Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immedi…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1973). Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!, Dell
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Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1973). Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!, Dell

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