When a Wanderess has been caged, or perched with her wings clipped, She lives like a Stoic, She lives most heroic, smiling with ruby, moistened lips once her cup of Death is welcome sipped.
Deep down in all of us there is a tendency to want to prove ourselves, to base our worth on what we do.
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Deep down in all of us there is a tendency to want to prove ourselves, to base our worth on what we do.
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