We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death. (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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