Ankles Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and salt, on every inch of flesh and spirit.” quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald — Download Open image

“Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and salt, on every inch of flesh and spirit.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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