Afterlife Quote by Tom Conrad

““For a more than miffed Midnight, fate was for emperors, fools and soppy lovers: - fate was the self-important egotism of those doing well, the sheer unbearable arrogance of the living and loved.””

Tom Conrad

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“My mind may be in gutter, Abigail, but at least I’m looking at an angel!”

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