I advise nobody to drown sorrow in cocoa. It is bad for the figure and it does not … - Winifred Holtby

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We have converted huge swaths of land and ocean into human habitats where we live and grow food and harvest energy. But there's been a sea change in the past century.

Winifred Holtby

I advise nobody to drown sorrow in cocoa. It is bad for the figure and it does not alleviate the sorrow.

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