But then she was not awkward, she was slow-flowing, graceful, seductiv…

Bernhard Schlink
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But then she was not awkward, she was slow-flowing, graceful, seductive - a seductiveness that had nothing to do with breast and hips and legs, but was an invitation to forget the world in the recesses of the body ✨ FaceBook post byBernhard Schlink from Feb 14, 2012
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