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“Cry pretty, pretty, pretty and you'll be able Very soon not even to cry pretty And so be delivered entirely from humanity This is prettiest of all, it is very pretty.” quote by Stevie Smith — Download Open image

“Cry pretty, pretty, pretty and you'll be able Very soon not even to cry pretty And so be delivered entirely from humanity This is prettiest of all, it is very pretty.”

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I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife.

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