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Paula
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“I am not young enough to know everything.”
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“I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
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“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
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