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The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other.
-Yann Martel
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The Worst Pair Of Opposites Is Boredom

Yann Martel
The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other.
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