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F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes: Often a man can play the helpless child in front of a woman, but he can almost never bring it off when he feels most like a helpless child.
         

Often a man can play the helpless child in front of a woman, but he can almost never bring it off when he feels most like a helpless child.


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