We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to b…

Kurt Vonnegut
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We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten.... Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2009). Bluebeard: A Novel, p.100, Dial Press
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We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten.... Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2009). Bluebeard: A Novel, p.100, Dial Press

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