We are a most solitary people, and we live, repelled by one another, i…

Edward Dahlberg
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We are a most solitary people, and we live, repelled by one another, in the gray, outcast cities of Cain. ✨ Edward Dahlberg (1967). Alms for Oblivion, U of Minnesota Press
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