

“We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. So, for a time, if such a passion come to fruition, the man will get what he wants. He will get the moral support, the encouragement, the relief from the sense of loneliness, the assurance of his own worth. But these things pass away; inevitably they pass away as the shadows pass across sundials. It is sad, but it is so. The pages of the book will become familiar; the beautiful corner of the road will have been turned too many times. Well, this is the saddest story.”
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“But he was so great!' Yes, and the people who got on the Titanic thought they were going on a vacation”
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“Unfortunately, I am only myself.”
― Pretty Amy
― Pretty Amy

“He was a lovely man in many ways. But he kept on insisting on forgiving me when there was nothing to forgive.”
― Wise Children
― Wise Children
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