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I am a genius. then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. i expected to be happy sometime. now i know i shall never be.
-Mary MacLane
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I Am A Genius. Then It Amused

Mary MacLane
I am a genius. then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. i expected to be happy sometime. now i know i shall never be.
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