The loss of Eden is personally experienced by every one of us as we leave the wonder and magic and also the pains and terrors of childhood. (Dennis Potter)

The loss of Eden is personally experienced by every one of us as we leave the wonder and magic and also the pains and terrors of childhood.

Dennis Potter

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