Daniel Keyes quote: The more she talked that way, the worse I felt. She highlighted my awkwardness, my lack of knowledge about the ...

The more she talked that way, the worse I felt. She highlighted my awkwardness, my lack of knowledge about the right things to say and do. I was a blundering adolescent in her eyes, and she was trying to let me down ...

~ Daniel Keyes ~

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