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“Hugh and I have been together for so long that in order to arouse extraordinary passion, we need to engage in physical combat. Once, he hit me on the back of the head with a broken wineglass, and I fell to the floor pretending to be unconscious. That was romantic, or would have been had he rushed to my side rather than stepping over my body to fetch the dustpan.”
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
― Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
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― Holidays on Ice
― Holidays on Ice
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― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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