If you are not too long,
I will wait here for you all my life.
so said Oscar Wilde.
photograph by Clifford Coffin of Leslie Caron
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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4 comments:
love the quote and Coffin photograph the ultimate sphinx and voice.
Thanks for your comment on my fashion-museum blog! Your blog is great, too- I'm adding you to my list! Fabulous photo of Leslie Caron- love her!
Why should one expect so much from a paradox?
Will the sphynx give the answers?
Divine words with a divine image.
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