We ask only to be reassuredAbout the noises in the cellarAnd the window that should not have been open
Two people who know they do not understand each other, breeding children whom they do not understand and who will never understand them.
The Cocktail Party
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Two people who know they do not understand each other, breeding children whom they do not understand and who will never understand them.
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