Another man Quote by Christina Stead

“It has never worked—it never will. I don’t know what you want to hang on to me for. You should have let me go at the beginning. Why did you beg me to marry you at Frederick that day? I would have got another man.” quote by Christina Stead — Download Open image

““It has never worked—it never will. I don’t know what you want to hang on to me for. You should have let me go at the beginning. Why did you beg me to marry you at Frederick that day? I would have got another man.””

Christina Stead

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