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I felt the first soft glow of intoxication that makes the blood warmer and spreads an illusion of adventure over uncertainty.

Erich Maria Remarque

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Erich Maria Remarque
Age: 72 †
Born: 1898
Born: June 22
Died: 1970
Died: September 25
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Erich Paul Remark
Erich Maria Remark
Blood
Intoxication
Felt
Spreads
Makes
Glow
Firsts
Soft
First
Uncertainty
Spread
Adventure
Illusion
Warmer

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