As I grew up I got cynical. ...

As I grew up I got cynical. I'd see Mother enthusiastic and involved with charlatans. Numerologists and astrologists who charged five hundred dollars for a 'reading' which was so vague you could twist the meaning any way you wanted.
 Anya Seton

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Her lips were drawn to his like a moth to a flame.
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