[T]his cancer of the mind which consists of thinking all too sadly that certain things 'are' while others, which well might be, 'are not'. (André Breton)

[T]his cancer of the mind which consists of thinking all too sadly that certain things 'are' while others, which well might be, 'are not'.

André Breton

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