When we are young... we often experience things in the present with a nostalgia-in-advance, but we seldom guess what we will truly prize years from now. (Edmund White)

When we are young... we often experience things in the present with a nostalgia-in-advance, but we seldom guess what we will truly prize years from now.

Edmund White

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