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F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes: Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.
         

Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.


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