Society was nothing but a long, dull dinner party conversation in whic…

Ann Patchett
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Society was nothing but a long, dull dinner party conversation in which one was forced to speak to one's partner on both the left and the right. ✨ Ann Patchett (2011). State of Wonder, p.216, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Society was nothing but a long, dull dinner party conversation in which one was forced to speak to one's partner on both the left and the right. ✨ Ann Patchett (2011). State of Wonder, p.216, Bloomsbury Publishing

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