I had to admit that in his old-fashioned way O'Hara was still romantic about sex; like Scott Fitzgerald, … - Alfred Kazin

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They're headed for some place called the Great Barrier. " "A place that doesn't exist. " Liv was shaking her head, checking the rotating dials on her wrist. Link pushed away his plate, still covered with food. "So let me get this straight. We're gonna go down into the Tunnels and find this moon outta time with Liv's fancy watch?" "Selenometer. " Liv didn't look up from copying numbers from the dials into her red notebook.

Alfred Kazin

I had to admit that in his old-fashioned way O'Hara was still romantic about sex; like Scott Fitzgerald, he thought of it as an upper-class prerogative.

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