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I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I'm alone in the world and I'm just sort of abandoned.
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid
Born: May 25, 1949

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Alone, World, Melancholy, Abandoned, Pretend, Like, Sort, Just

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