The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petula…

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2009). The Crack-Up, p.306, New Directions Publishing
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The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness. ✨ F. Scott Fitzgerald (2009). The Crack-Up, p.306, New Directions Publishing

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