It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived posses…

John Updike
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It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. ✨ Couples. Book by John Updike, 1968.
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