That's the trouble with provincial life. Everyone knows everyone and there is no mystery. No romance.

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That's the trouble with provincial life. Everyone knows everyone and there is no mystery. No romance. - John Fowles

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That's the trouble with provincial life. Everyone knows everyone and there is no mystery. No romance. - Vernon Howard quotes