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“I begin to wonder at the importance of a name at all. Is it not an idea of the other person, all we have in our mind? And what if the very concept begins to lose its meaning? When dust sets on, feelings turning colors into a shade of gray. It only takes a few words, a little distance, a little confusion in our mind, and we are ready to press delete on each other.”

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