[...] falling in love with someone beautiful and intelligent and the r…

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[...] falling in love with someone beautiful and intelligent and the rest of it, then feeling like a blank twit put you at something of a disadvantage. ✨ Nick Hornby (2005). About a Boy, p.148, Penguin UK
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