There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke. (Herman Melville)

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke.

Herman Melville

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