Joey, it's high time, dear child. What will people say? If you don't want to be a doctor, at least be a womanizer, or a fancier of horses, be something... be something definite...
Witold GombrowiczAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: polish
- Born: August 4, 1904
- Died: July 24, 1969
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