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I was blinded by stupidity for a brief moment in our life, for a flicker in the eternity in which you and I live, and I stumbled.

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Paullina Simons
Age: 62
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
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St. Petersburg
Stupidity
Eternity
Moment
Moments
Live
Stumbled
Life
Flicker
Blinded
Brief

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