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Men Quotes by John Irving
- A woman half dressed seemed to have some power, but a man was simply not as handsome as when he was naked, and not as…
- Here in St. Cloud’s,” Dr. Larch wrote, “ I have been given the choice of playing God or leaving practically everything up to chance. It…
- It is an important distinction to note that she looked not only as if she had taken good care of herself, but that she had…
- All men are liars, said Roberta Muldoon, who knew this was true because she had once been a man.
- You can give yourself a headache trying to decipher the tattoos on a naked man who’s leaping up and down on a bed.
- It's because even a good man can't always be right, that we need ... rules.
- A truly happy woman drives some men and almost every other woman absolutely crazy
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