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Affection Quote by Ian Mcewan

“This commonplace cycle of falling asleep and waking, in darkness,…” quote by Ian Mcewan
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“This commonplace cycle of falling asleep and waking, in darkness, under private cover, with another creature, a pale soft tender mammal, putting faces together in a ritual of affection, briefly settled in the eternal necessities of warmth, comfort, safety, crossing limbs to draw nearer - a simple daily consolation, almost too obvious, easy to forget by daylight.”

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