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“The atheist is nearer the Kingdom of Heaven than the hellenist.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
“Oh, Mr Hall, what an ungallant remark. Look at her lovely hair.'
'I like short hair best.'
'Why?'
'Because I can stroke it-' and he began to cry.”
― Maurice
'I like short hair best.'
'Why?'
'Because I can stroke it-' and he began to cry.”
― Maurice
“They had never struggled, and only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
“You do care a little for me, I know... but nothing to speak of, and you don't love me. I was yours once till death if you'd cared to keep me, but I'm someone else's now... and he's mine in a way that shocks you, but why don't you stop being shocked, and attend to your own happiness.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
“The second dream is more difficult to convey. Nothing happened. He scarcely saw a face, scarcely heard a voice say, “That is your friend,” and then it was over, having filled him with beauty and taught him tenderness. He could die for such a friend, he would allow such a friend to die for him; they would make any sacrifice for each other, and count the world nothing, neither death nor distance nor crossness could part them, because “this is my friend.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
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