Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood. (Laurence Sterne)

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.

Laurence Sterne

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