“Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer.”
― H.M.S. Surprise
― H.M.S. Surprise
“You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
“The pain would not leave him. It came to him like the tide that hits the sea.”
― Truly, Madly, Deeply
― Truly, Madly, Deeply
“Why should you think that I should woo in scorn?
Scorn and derision never come in tears:
Look, when I vow, I weep; and vows so born,
In their nativity all truth appears.
How can these things in me seem scorn to you,
Bearing the badge of faith, to prove them true?”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Scorn and derision never come in tears:
Look, when I vow, I weep; and vows so born,
In their nativity all truth appears.
How can these things in me seem scorn to you,
Bearing the badge of faith, to prove them true?”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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