Fletcher Knebel - Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This li

Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.

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Knebel, Fletcher. "Potomac Illusions." The Register and Tribune Syndicate. Rpt. in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, Houghton Mifflin, 1988.

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