“Like anyone nostalgic for a time he didn't live through, I chose to weed out the little inconveniences: polio, say, or the thought of eating stewed squirrel. The world was simply grander back then, somehow more civilized, and nicer to look at.”

—  David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Source: When You Are Engulfed in Flames

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