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One might have supposed that the true act of love was to lie together and talk.


Mary Renault

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MARY OLIVER The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.
MARY SHELLEY Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to disp...
MARY PIPHER Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they l...
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT I'd want it to be really special to both of us, but I'm a huge fan of 'At Last' as a...
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