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“Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child... There should be a song for women to sing at this moment, or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name the moment.”
― The Red Tent
― The Red Tent
“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”
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“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.”
― The Red Tent
― The Red Tent
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
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