I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness.
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So now it is time to disassemble the parts of the jigsaw puzzle or to piece another one together, for I find that, having come to the end of my story, my life is just beginning.
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