"Logic only gives man what he needs,” he stammered. “Magic gives him what he wants.

…he glanced over his shoulder at her, regarding her, as he often did before they made love, as if she were a lost continent about to be rediscovered.
~ Tom Robbins ~












…he glanced over his shoulder at her, regarding her, as he often did before they made love, as if sh...
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