The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell ea — Charles Baudelaire
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The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;We find delight in the most loathsome things;Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings,And yet we feel no horror in that rank advance.

— Charles Baudelaire
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