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1 " She possessed intelligence and didn't put it to use but, rather, wasted it, like a great lady for whom all the riches of the world are merely a sign of vulgarity. That was the fact that must have beguiled Nino: the gratuitousness of Lila's intelligence. "
― Elena Ferrante , The Story of the Lost Child (The Neapolitan Novels #4)
