“I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“Colonel Brandon was now as happy, as all those who best loved him, believed he deserved to be;—in Marianne he was consoled for every past affliction;—her regard and her society restored his mind to animation, and his spirits to cheerfulness; and that Marianne found her own happiness in forming his, was equally the persuasion and delight of each observing friend. Marianne could never love by halves; and her whole heart became, in time, as much devoted to her husband, as it had once been to Willoughby.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
“Why didn’t you tell me there was danger? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance of discovering in that way; and you did not help me!”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“I've known pain my whole life, but this is a new kind for me. It isn't born of something wrong or ugly. This pain is conceived out of beauty— my love for Jack Henry McLachlan. I embrace it. I clutch it as tightly as I can with both fists because I never want to forget the love I have for him. Loving him will forever be my Beauty from Pain.”
― Beauty from Pain
― Beauty from Pain
“Baby, you've fucked my mind without touching my body.”
― Beauty from Pain
― Beauty from Pain
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