A life spent shaping a world I want Jackson to inherit, not one I fear…

David Mitchell
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A life spent shaping a world I want Jackson to inherit, not one I fear Jackson shall inherit, this strikes me as a life worth the living. ✨ Cloud Atlas. Book by David Mitchell (Story The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing, Monday, 13th January - , p. 528), 2004.
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A life spent shaping a world I want Jackson to inherit, not one I fear Jackson shall inherit, this strikes me as a life worth the living. ✨ Cloud Atlas. Book by David Mitchell (Story The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing, Monday, 13th January - , p. 528), 2004.

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