When I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret a…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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When I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret about what's inside it. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi, p.124, Simon and Schuster
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When I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret about what's inside it. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi, p.124, Simon and Schuster

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