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“The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost.”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
“Who's 'they'? Why don't you all get together and be 'they' yourselves?”
― The Age of Innocence
― The Age of Innocence
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
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“...I have always lived on contrasts! To me the only death is monotony. Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.”
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“As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch. What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath.”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
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