![I remember laughing with relief that the same old adolescent boredom goes on from generation to generation. ...the words took me back to my own years of stagnancy, and that terrible waiting for life to begin. [p. 68]](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-remember-laughing-with-relief-that-the-same-old-adolescent-boredom-goes-on-from.jpg)
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