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L'imperfetta meraviglia

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“You going back?' he asks. 'Where?' 'College,' he says. 'You plan on going back?' And before she can think of a proper answer, she blurts out the first thing that comes to mind: 'Why would I?' 'To finish your degree,' he says. 'Yeah, I get it,' she says. 'But—why?' 'To get a better job?' 'I’m okay with this one,' she says. 'Yeah,' he says, shifting in his seat again. 'But—I don’t know. Can’t you make more money?' 'Linus,' she says, leveling her eyes at him. 'I was an English major.”

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