“I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.”
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“Excuse me for being so intellectual. I know you would prefer something nice and feminine and affectionate.”
Source: Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
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