I like a story that could never happen to me. If I want real life I'll read a newspaper. — Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?
I like a story that could never happen to me. If I want real life I'll read a newspaper. — Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?
I like a story that could never happen to me. If I want real life I'll read a newspaper. — Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?
I like a story that could never happen to me. If I want real life I'll read a newspaper. — Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?
I like a story that could never happen to me. If I want real life I'll read a newspaper. — Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?
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I like a story that could never happen to me. If I want real life I'll read a newspaper.

— Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?
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