“They had never struggled, and only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.”
― 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
“The atheist is nearer the Kingdom of Heaven than the hellenist.”
― 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
“I’m an apple expert. Apples are the only exam I could ever hope to pass.”
― A Month in the Country
― A Month in the Country
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