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charm is the ability to make someone think that both of you are quite wonderful.”
“…though under temporary gloom at night, the return of day will hardly fail to bring return of spirits. The youth and cheerfulness of morning are in happy analogy, and of powerful operation; and if the distress be not poignant enough to keep the eyes unclosed, they will be sure to open to sensations of softened pain and brighter hope.”
― Pride and Prejudice, and Emma
― Pride and Prejudice, and Emma
“Fame is the enemy of instinct and spontaneity, the difference between what is said and what ought to be said, and the transformation of one person into two”
― A River Dies of Thirst: Journals
― A River Dies of Thirst: Journals
“The gap between 'I should' and 'I want' is too big.”
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