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“Aren’t you tried of this loneliness?” “But deep down aren’t we all lonely? Remember, we come alone into this world and die all alone. In the end it is yourself, and yourself only, against the world! And you always lose. No matter what! That is the sad truth…”

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Book:We Tragic Few
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