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You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. you die if you don't follow your desire.
-Hanif Kureishi
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You Can't Spend Your Life Beating Yourself

Hanif Kureishi
You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. you die if you don't follow your desire.
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