Man and Wife by Tony Parsons - A Woman is Like the World

I am reading the book Man and Wife from Tony Parsons, came across this funny quote :

A woman is like the world. From thirteen to eighteen, she's like Africa - virgin territory. From eighteen to thirty, she's like Asia - hot and exotic, From thirty to forty-five, she's like America - fully explored but generous with her resources. From forty-five to fifty-five, she's like Europe - a bit exhausted, a bit knackered, but still with many places of interest. And from fifty-five onwards, she's like Australia - everybody knows it's down there somewhere, but very few will make the effort to find it.

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