Marcel ProustLet us leave pretty women to men with no imagination.
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Let us leave pretty women to men with no imagination. The idea that there's a special breed of man who's good at visualizing and can see women as beautiful and breathtaking is an outdated fantasy. It doesn't really apply to the reality we live in today.
Source: The Captive & The Fugitive
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