“Love is like cigarettes. It gives you a little pleasure while you're at it, but leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth and a pain in your chest.”

—  Loraine Despres

Source: The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By

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