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― A Room with a View
― A Room with a View
“She forced down her resentment, but it only grew heavy inside her, like a thing of substance.”
― The Price of Salt, or Carol
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― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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“Don't ask me anything about the future,” he said miserably. “I don't know anything. Be with me now, will you, no matter what it is?” And she took him in her arms.”
― Sons and Lovers
― Sons and Lovers
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