Bel Kaufman Quotes

The long procession of men flickered before her like faces on cards quickly riffled—blurred, two-dimensional. Only their desire for her mattered.

Bel Kaufman

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• The long procession of men flickered before her like faces on cards quickly riffled—blurred, two-dimensional. Only their desire for her mattered.

  

  Bel Kaufman
  • Desire
  • Procession
  • Mattered