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user-inactivated  ·  3447 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 15th Irregular Occasional Give a Quote from Your Recent Reading

I believe that one is about Benjamin Franklin, but from Claude-Anne Lopez. It describes the feeling of being with a woman who you are interested in but shy away from closing the deal with due to respect and propriety.