Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually ca…

Nick Hornby
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Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like too many things, and I'm not envious of enough people - I know enough to get by.
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