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“How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.” quote by Barbara Pym — Download Open image

“How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.”

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“-Hoy no pareces tú misma- dijo él en tono censurador-. Espero que no haya sido el Nuits Saint Georges. -Ya sabes que no estoy acostumbrada a tomar vino, y menos al mediodía- dije-, pero es agradable no ser una misma de vez en cuando.”

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“Jane felt that he would write from the depths of a wretchedness that would not necessarily be insincere because its outward signs were so theatrical. Pesumably attractive men and probably woman too must always be suffering in this way; they must so often have to reject and cast aside love, and perhaps even practice did not always make them ruthless…

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