Calvin said, Do you know that this is the first time I've seen you wit…

Madeleine L'Engle
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Calvin said, Do you know that this is the first time I've seen you without your glasses? I'm blind as a bat without them. I'm near-sighted, like father. Well, you know what, you've got dream-boat eyes, Calvin said. Listen, you go right on wearing your glasses. I don't think I want anybody else to see what gorgeous eyes you have. ✨ Madeleine L'Engle (2010). A Wrinkle in Time, p.61, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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