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Bernard Williams

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

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The quote suggests that the atmosphere of a June night is so full of love and beauty that it seems like the original source of romantic feelings. It personifies the night as if it could proudly claim to have created the idea of romance itself.

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