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I’m not certain you’d know the right sort of man for you if he arrived on our doorstep riding an elephant.” “I would think the elephant would be a fairly good indication that I ought to look elsewhere.

Julia Quinn

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Julia Quinn
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 12
Author
Writer
Evergreen State
Julie Cotler
Julie Pottinger
Think
Sort
Elephant
Thinking
Certain
Indication
Look
Elephants
Looks
Arrived
Right
Fairly
Good
Riding
Would
Elsewhere
Men
Ought
Doorstep

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