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The heroine, infatuated with romanticism, comes to grief because of it—because of her craving for impossible dreams, her refusal to accept the ordinariness of her life and its limited possibilities for happiness.
“And lastly from that period I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.”
― The Crack-Up
― The Crack-Up
“What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
“A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.”
― Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Classic Collection
― Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Classic Collection
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