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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Mattia thought that he and Alice were like that, twin primes, alone and lost, close but not close enough to really touch each other. - Quote by Paolo Giordano

Mattia thought that he and Alice were like that, twin primes, alone and lost, close but not close enough to really touch each other.

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