The whole world can't lick us but we can lick ourselves by longing too hard for things we haven't got any more - and by remembering too much. (Margaret Mitchell)

The whole world can't lick us but we can lick ourselves by longing too hard for things we haven't got any more - and by remembering too much.

Margaret Mitchell

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