“I wish I could tell you how lonely I am. How cold and harsh it is here. Everywhere there is conflict and unkindness. I think God has forsaken this place. I believe I have seen hell and it's white, it's snow-white.”
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“Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.”
― North and South
― North and South
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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“He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it.”
― North and South
― North and South
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