In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. (Henri-Frédéric Amiel)

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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