Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a w…

John Updike
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Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man. ✨ Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Book by John Updike, 1989.
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Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man. ✨ Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Book by John Updike, 1989.

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