“Sometimes compromise tastes like caramel macchiato.”
Jen Lancaster (1967) American writer
I Regret Nothing: A Memoir
“Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.”
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, book The Angel's Game
Source: The Angel's Game
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