There is a moment—Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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There is a moment—Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word—something that makes it worth while. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L. W. West (1995). This Side of Paradise, p.170, Cambridge University Press
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There is a moment—Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word—something that makes it worth while. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L. W. West (1995). This Side of Paradise, p.170, Cambridge University Press

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