Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is p…

Bill Bryson
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Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding. ✨ I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away. Book by Bill Bryson, June 6, 2000.
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Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding. ✨ I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away. Book by Bill Bryson, June 6, 2000.

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