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Bored Quote by Ali Smith

“I want to be bored. But I can't. But I really don't want to be this thing that I'm having to be instead of being bored.” quote by Ali Smith — Download Open image

“I want to be bored. But I can't. But I really don't want to be this thing that I'm having to be instead of being bored.”

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