Italo Svevo book Zeno's Conscience
L'amore sano è quello che abbraccia una donna sola e intera, compreso il suo carattere e la sua intelligenza.
Source: La coscienza di Zeno (1923), P. 14; p. 16.
“Some men are great enough that they can love a whole woman, and not just part of her.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Prentice Alvin (1989), Chapter 10.
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