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Walker Percy, The Moviegoer Quotes: ...this miserable trick the romantic plays upon himself: of setting just beyond his reach the very thing he prizes.
         

...this miserable trick the romantic plays upon himself: of setting just beyond his reach the very thing he prizes.


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