Vicki Baum Quotes

I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.

Vicki Baum

• Discomfort
• Adultery
• Parcel

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• I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.

  

  Vicki Baum
  • Discomfort
  • Adultery
  • Parcel