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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave If I could only escape, if I could only escape... he murmured the words to himself a dozen times; then metaphorically shook himself for being so impractical, so romantic, so dutiless. - Quote by John Fowles

If I could only escape, if I could only escape… he murmured the words to himself a dozen times; then metaphorically shook himself for being so impractical, so romantic, so dutiless.

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