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I am not eccentric. it's just that i am more alive than most people. i am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.
-Edith Sitwell
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I Am Not Eccentric. It's Just That

Edith Sitwell
I am not eccentric. it's just that i am more alive than most people. i am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.
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