“It was no longer her absence that wounded me, but my growing indifference to it. Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to what I had at one time held so dear.”
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― On Love
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“Nor did I reflect that some herbs, "though scentless when entire, yield fragrance when they're bruised.”
― Villette
― Villette
“Great pains were taken to hide chains with flowers”
― Villette
― Villette
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