For nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Lau…

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For nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura -- and so goodbye. . . . ✨ Tennessee Williams (1945). The Glass Menagerie, p.97, New Directions Publishing
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For nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura -- and so goodbye. . . . ✨ Tennessee Williams (1945). The Glass Menagerie, p.97, New Directions Publishing

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