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“Is it mad to pray for better hallucinations?”

Quote by Alice Liddell

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Alice Liddell was an English woman born on May 4, 1852, and died on November 16, 1934. She is not widely known in her own right, but she holds a significant place in literary history as the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's character Alice in 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. more

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