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Dream Quote by Emile Zola

“Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?” quote by Emile Zola — Download Open image

“Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?”

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