And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was…

Kurt Vonnegut
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And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep. ✨ KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
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