"Te aseguro que no soy de las que quieren a medias. Mis sentimientos siempre son profundos y arraigados"...
The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
~ Jane Austen ~
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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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