When I replied that I loved her too in that way, I was the liar, not s…

Graham Greene
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When I replied that I loved her too in that way, I was the liar, not she, for I never lose the consciousness of time: to me the present is never here: it is always last year or next week. ✨ Graham Greene (1974). The end of the affair, Vintage
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When I replied that I loved her too in that way, I was the liar, not she, for I never lose the consciousness of time: to me the present is never here: it is always last year or next week. ✨ Graham Greene (1974). The end of the affair, Vintage

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