There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolesc…

Edward Hoagland
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There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely absorbing one wants to be in the city constantly, even at the height of summer. ✨ Edward Hoagland (1995). The Tugman's Passage
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There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely absorbing one wants to be in the city constantly, even at the height of summer. ✨ Edward Hoagland (1995). The Tugman's Passage

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