We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
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We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that our brethren experience.

— Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
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