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The Saffron Trail

by Rosanna Ley

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Jun 29, 2015 08:35AM

Emma’s Quotes

“Time could not wreck the perfect symmetry of those walls, nor the site itself, a jewel in the hollow of a hand.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

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“If you think I'm one of those people who try to be funny at breakfast you're wrong. I'm invariably ill-tempered in the early morning.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

tags: daphne-du-maurier, maxim-de-winter, rebecca

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“Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me."
"Do you mean you want a secretary or something?"
"No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

tags: chapter-6, humor, marriage, proposal, relationships

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“I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.”
― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

tags: adversity, growth, life, trials

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“I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and in their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

tags: shyness, social-anxiety, truth

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