No one else understands us 7th sense people. They regard us as freaks.…

Lynne Truss
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No one else understands us 7th sense people. They regard us as freaks. When we point out illiterate mistakes, we are often aggressively instructed to 'get a life' by people who, interestingly, display no evidence of having lives themselves. ✨ Lynne Truss (2011). Eats, Shoots and Leaves, p.4, HarperCollins UK
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