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You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.
-Mignon McLaughlin
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You Will Turn Over Many A Futile

Mignon McLaughlin
You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.
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