“The people with the strong, brave exteriors are just as weak and vulnerable as the rest of us. And of course they never admit to their childish practices, their moments of weakness or absurdity, and then the rest of us think that’s how it should be.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

Love Over Scotland, chapter 17.
The 44 Scotland Street series

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