"Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.

By the time you swear you're his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of this --One of you is lying.
~ Dorothy Parker ~












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