“I have seen sights and travelled in countries you cannot imagine. I have been afraid and I have been in danger, and I have never for one moment thought that I would throw myself at at a man for his help.”
Source: The Queen's Fool
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Source: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems
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