This is not the scene I dreamed of. Like much else nowadays I leave it feeling stupid, like a man who lost… — J. M. Coetzee
This is not the scene I dreamed of. Like much else nowadays I leave it feeling stupid, like a man who lost his way long ago but presses on along a road that may lead nowhere.
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