Baudelaire Quote by John Cooper Clarke

“I love Charles Baudelaire. Him and Shakespeare are the only people I think are better than me.” quote by John Cooper Clarke — Download Open image

“I love Charles Baudelaire. Him and Shakespeare are the only people I think are better than me.”

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