Such things as anguish, woe, affliction, guilt, feelings of awfulness,…

Marisha Pessl
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Such things as anguish, woe, affliction, guilt, feelings of awfulness, and utter wretchedness, the bread and butter of Days of Yore and Russians, sadly have very little staying power in these lickety-split Modern Times. ✨ Marisha Pessl (2006). Special Topics in Calamity Physics, p.166, Penguin
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Such things as anguish, woe, affliction, guilt, feelings of awfulness, and utter wretchedness, the bread and butter of Days of Yore and Russians, sadly have very little staying power in these lickety-split Modern Times. ✨ Marisha Pessl (2006). Special Topics in Calamity Physics, p.166, Penguin

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