Quoting Henri Charrière, Papillon, 1968, William Morrow (2012 edition)

It was a knockout blow—a punch so overwhelming that I didn’t get back on my feet for fourteen years. And to deliver a blow like that, they went to a lot of trouble.
— Henri Charrière, Papillon, 1968, William Morrow (2012 edition)

7:51pm on May 8, 2026 from Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan


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