The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy.

Elizabeth Hardwick

Elizabeth Hardwick

Afternoon Asked Belief Drifting Except Fifties Moment Nothing Place Power Satisfy Seem Sunny Taken You

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