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41 " The poor soul wouldn’t know a wild oat if it were wrapped in a Louis Vuitton handbag. "
― Melanie Benjamin , The Swans of Fifth Avenue
42 " Right now he belonged here, with them, with men who controlled empires, who hobnobbed with presidents and kings. Men who needed him. Men who asked him to do them manly favors. But then he felt his face burn; he was being ridiculous. He didn’t want to be these men, not really, for their lives were much more deceitful, full of darker corners where no light ever shone, than his. He was better than them, yes, he was; "
43 " A quiet meal ahead, a martini or two, reading in bed before the lights were out. "
44 " Her yellow teeth, framed by viciously red lips, tore into the words with gusto. "
