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“Because I believe there is nothing so self-destroying, and no emotion quite so despicable, as jealousy."
"You were jealous..."
"Yes. I can say it now, oddly enough. Right from the start, when he wrote and told me he was married. Perhaps even before there may have been a sort of shadow. I don't know. Everyone expected me to be as delighted as they were themselves, and it wasn't possible. It must sound highly emotional and absurd to you that I should have been jealous. Like a spoilt child. Perhaps that's what I was, and am. The trouble is that I have never known anyone or loved anyone in the world but Ambrose.”
― My Cousin Rachel
"You were jealous..."
"Yes. I can say it now, oddly enough. Right from the start, when he wrote and told me he was married. Perhaps even before there may have been a sort of shadow. I don't know. Everyone expected me to be as delighted as they were themselves, and it wasn't possible. It must sound highly emotional and absurd to you that I should have been jealous. Like a spoilt child. Perhaps that's what I was, and am. The trouble is that I have never known anyone or loved anyone in the world but Ambrose.”
― My Cousin Rachel
“The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.”
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“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
― The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
― The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
“There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
― Every Thing on It
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
― Every Thing on It
“There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't even started wondering about yet.”
― James and the Giant Peach
― James and the Giant Peach
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