Quoting H. L. Mencken’s, A Book of Prefaces, 1917

its reading is an unbearable weariness to the flesh; in the midst of it one has forgotten the beginning and is unconcerned about the end.

— H. L. Mencken’s, A Book of Prefaces, 1917 (via)

10:04pm on August 18, 2024.


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