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"When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they w..." — Erica Jong
When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love.
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