Quote#Wisdom
Oh, it's — it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't…
Quote byJ. M. Barrie · 1860–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: What Every Woman Knows (1908), Act I.
English (original)
Oh, it's — it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. Some women, the few, have charm for all; and most have charm for one. But some have charm for none.
— J. M. Barrie
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