“It is said that love and a cough cannot be hid.”
Dorothy L. Sayers book Gaudy Night
Source: Gaudy Night
“As it has been said:
Love and a cough
cannot be concealed.
Even a small cough.
Even a small love.”
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Love and a cough
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Even a small cough.
Even a small love." by Anne Sexton?
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