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"While Fermina and Juvenal married and honeymoon in Paris, Florentino--the picture of unrequited love--has descended into physical pleasure with a random woman on a cruise ships and a 28 year old widow from his hometown. The contrast between Fermina, climbing the social ranks and traveling Europe with her husband, and Florentino, love sick and wretched is becoming more stark the further from her rejection." — Jun 30, 2022 06:04PM
"While Fermina and Juvenal married and honeymoon in Paris, Florentino--the picture of unrequited love--has descended into physical pleasure with a random woman on a cruise ships and a 28 year old widow from his hometown. The contrast between Fermina, climbing the social ranks and traveling Europe with her husband, and Florentino, love sick and wretched is becoming more stark the further from her rejection." — Jun 30, 2022 06:04PM
“When I think of what life is, and how seldom love is answered by love; it is one of the moments for which the world was made.”
― A Room with a View
― A Room with a View
“And so it goes...”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
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― The Uses of Literature
― The Uses of Literature
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