“When I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret about what's inside it.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book Tender Is the Night
Source: Tender Is the Night
“I like seeing people when they can't see me.”
— Dodie Smith, book I Capture the Castle
Source: I Capture the Castle
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