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Affection Quote by C.P. Snow

“Try as I might, I could never feel any great…” quote by C.P. Snow — Download Open image

“Try as I might, I could never feel any great affection for a man who so much resembled a Baked Alaska - sweet, warm and gungy on the outside, hard and cold within.”

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