"If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life."

Life, Girls, Letters, Man

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"If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life."

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"From a cleansed conscience emerges a changed life."

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