"Mrs. MacAndrew shared the common opinion of her sex that a man is always a brute to leave a woman who is attached to him, but that a woman is much to ...

Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.
~ W. Somerset Maugham ~












Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.

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