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D.A. Botta Quotes: The trouble with a baby, for writists, is that they take away your useful melancholy, even the energy to invent some.
         

The trouble with a baby, for writists, is that they take away your useful melancholy, even the energy to invent some.


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The trouble with a baby, for writists, is that they take away your useful melancholy, even the energy to invent some.
         



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