Wipe Us All Away

Willie Leadford: I wish at times, … that comet of yours or some such thing would indeed strike this world—and wipe us all away, strikes, wars, tumults, loves, jealousies, and all the wretchedness of life!

Willie Leadford In the Days of the Comet (1906) by H. G. Wells

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Context: Young Willie, bitter and lovesick, walks at night with his friend Parload, who is watching the approaching comet.

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Source: In the Days of the Comet, Book the First, Chapter the First (Dust in the Shadows), § 3

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