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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Most boys have seasons of wishing they could die gloriously instead of just being grocery clerks and going on with their humdrum lives. - Quote by Sherwood Anderson

Most boys have seasons of wishing they could die gloriously instead of just being grocery clerks and going on with their humdrum lives.

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