Sara Willis (Fanny Fern) Quotes

I hate the word proper. If you tell me a thing is not proper, I immediately feel the most rabid desire to go 'neck and heels' into it.

Sara Willis

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• I hate the word proper. If you tell me a thing is not proper, I immediately feel the most rabid desire to go 'neck and heels' into it.

  

  Sara Willis
  • Hate
  • Desire
  • Necks