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Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
Approximate author period: c. 1890 AD · industrial
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- Gilbert K. Chesterton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1890 AD · industrial
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