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Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of freedom.


Vita Sackville-West

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J. NEVEN-PUGH, PRESS RELEASE متهمون نحن بالإرهاب
أذا كتبنا عن بقايا وطن ...
مخلع...
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MAE WEST Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.
JERRY WEST When I have to choose between two evils, I always try to pick the one I haven't tried before.
MAE WEST There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vi...
REBECCA WEST But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.
REBECCA WEST Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so ...
REBECCA WEST Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
MAE WEST You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
MAE WEST Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's...
REBECCA WEST It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
MAE WEST He is every other inch a gentleman.
REBECCA WEST A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to app...
JESSAMYN WEST