She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She lo…

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She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her phone had been ringing continually ever since she had reached puberty. ✨ J. D. SALINGER (1968). FOR ESME- WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR
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