And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon to find that my first northern winter had set. (Ralph Ellison)

And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon to find that my first northern winter had set.

Ralph Ellison

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