A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been thinking of failure-a — John Williams, Stoner
A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been thinking of failure-a — John Williams, Stoner
A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been thinking of failure-a — John Williams, Stoner
A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been thinking of failure-a — John Williams, Stoner
A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been thinking of failure-a — John Williams, Stoner
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A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been thinking of failure-as if it mattered. It seemed to him now that such thoughts were mean, unworthy of what his life had been.

— John Williams, Stoner
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