We're not made to wallow in pleasure. Pleasure is joy's assassin. — Mary Karr, Lit
We're not made to wallow in pleasure. Pleasure is joy's assassin. — Mary Karr, Lit
We're not made to wallow in pleasure. Pleasure is joy's assassin. — Mary Karr, Lit
We're not made to wallow in pleasure. Pleasure is joy's assassin. — Mary Karr, Lit
We're not made to wallow in pleasure. Pleasure is joy's assassin. — Mary Karr, Lit
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We're not made to wallow in pleasure. Pleasure is joy's assassin.

— Mary Karr, Lit
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