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We Were Exiles From Reality That Summer. We Were Refugees From Ourselves.
-Chris Cleave
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We Were Exiles From Reality That Summer.
Chris Cleave
We Were Exiles From Reality That Summer. We Were Refugees From Ourselves.
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