“I do not believe," said Mrs. Dashwood, with a good humoured smile, "that Mr. Willoughby will be incommoded by the attempts of either of MY daughters towards what you call CATCHING him. It is not an employment to which they have been brought up. Men are very safe with us, let them be ever so rich.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
“You're like me, you can't bear to let go. But I've learnt, and you've
got to learn, that there are times when it's the only way.”
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got to learn, that there are times when it's the only way.”
―
“You are the only patient one Mademoiselle?" Poirot
"What can one do?" she said
"You are a philosopher, Mademoiselle?" Poirot
"That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion”
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"What can one do?" she said
"You are a philosopher, Mademoiselle?" Poirot
"That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion”
―
“Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen. (Goethe)—We are used to see that Man mocks what he never comprehends.”
― The Sign of Four
― The Sign of Four
“Was it too late? Oh, for someone to speak to, for someone to advise
her. She had never before had such a wish; she would have scorned the idea of relying on any judgment other than her own, but now--what was the matter with her? Panic. Yes, that would describe it best--panic. She, Ruth Kettering, was completely and utterly panic stricken.”
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her. She had never before had such a wish; she would have scorned the idea of relying on any judgment other than her own, but now--what was the matter with her? Panic. Yes, that would describe it best--panic. She, Ruth Kettering, was completely and utterly panic stricken.”
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