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“Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.”
― Gone with the Wind
― Gone with the Wind
“She paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands.”
― Gone with the Wind
― Gone with the Wind
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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