Bel Kaufman Quotes

Like a child, too, he was warm, unaffected, and selfish. He had the combination, irresistible to women, of ruthlessness and tenderness.

Bel Kaufman

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• Like a child, too, he was warm, unaffected, and selfish. He had the combination, irresistible to women, of ruthlessness and tenderness.

  

  Bel Kaufman
  • Women
  • Child
  • Selfish