Carolina QuotesI'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
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Those Barren Leaves (1925)
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- 1925
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“I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives …” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-D43BF51867. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/d43bf51867
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