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“When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.
— Natalie Clifford Barney
American writer
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Photo: Юрий Д.К. · CC BY 4.0 · source · Portrait: Alice Hughes (1857–1939) (Public domain)
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