Those who have never suffered the iniquities of exile cannot possibly understand the significance, the gravitas, of a mattress. (Ariel Dorfman)

Those who have never suffered the iniquities of exile cannot possibly understand the significance, the gravitas, of a mattress.

Ariel Dorfman

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