“Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.”
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“Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And let us not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“In making even horizontal and clear inspections we colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
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