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their ambitions overreached their abilities. Such men could be dangerous,
“It was a terrible thing to be alone in the world. To be dismissed and discarded. To never belong anywhere. What was a dog to do in his old age if no one wanted him?”
― The Winter Companion
― The Winter Companion
“If we refuse to cry, or mourn, or feel, then before too long, our souls would dry up. They would wither away and leave in their place a wide emptiness that cannot be filled. We would become not just broken, but ugly. And then we wouldn’t be able to feel anything at all.”
― A Lily in Disguise
― A Lily in Disguise
“It seems to me, considering oneself first-rate at anything is the best way to ensure you are not.”
― First Impressions
― First Impressions
“God knows we need reminders from time to time. He wraps up a little blessing in a sound or a smell. A testament of his love.”
― Yours Truly, Thomas
― Yours Truly, Thomas
“no peace with Napoleon, that he was possessed of a thirst for power that could never be assuaged; our only hope lay in opposing him to the utmost.”
― The Jewelled Snuff Box: Romance and intrigue in Georgian England
― The Jewelled Snuff Box: Romance and intrigue in Georgian England
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