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“He knew how she would love. He had not loved her without gaining that instinctive knowledge of what capabilities were in her. Her soul would walk in glorious sunlight if any man was worthy, by his power of loving, to win back her love.”
― North and South
― North and South
“The whole world's writing novels, but nobody's reading them.”
― The Silkworm
― The Silkworm
“Why love the woman who is your wife? Her nose breathes in the air of a world that I know; therefore I love that nose. Her ears hear music I might sing half the night through; therefore I love her ears. Her eyes delight in seasons of the land; and so I love those eyes. Her tongue knows quince, peach, chokeberry, mint and lime; I love to hear it speaking. Because her flesh knows heat, cold, affliction, I know fire, snow, and pain. Shared and once again shared experience.”
― Something Wicked This Way Comes
― Something Wicked This Way Comes
“You are full of pretty answers. Have you not been acquainted with goldsmiths' wives and conned them out of rings?”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
“But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn't sure which.”
― The Girl Who Played with Fire
― The Girl Who Played with Fire
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