Body Quote by Frances Mayes

“Anytime the perfume of orange and lemon groves wafts in the window; the human body has to feel suffused with a languorous well-being.” quote by Frances Mayes — Download Open image

“Anytime the perfume of orange and lemon groves wafts in the window; the human body has to feel suffused with a languorous well-being.”

Frances Mayes

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