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“In the end, it is all we are, these limpid tide pools of self-consciousness between crashing waves of pain.”
― Hyperion / The Fall of Hyperion / Endymion / Rise of Endymion
― Hyperion / The Fall of Hyperion / Endymion / Rise of Endymion
“So do flux and reflux--the rhythm of change--alternate and persist in everything under the sky.”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“I have given away my whole soul to some one who treats it as if it were a flower to put in his coat, a bit of decoration to charm his vanity, an ornament for a summer's day.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“What is it, Angel?" she said, starting up. "Have they come for me?"
"Yes, dearest," he said. "They have come."
"It is as it should be," she murmured. "Angel, I am almost glad—yes, glad! This happiness could not have lasted. It was too much. I have had enough; and now I shall not live for you to despise me!"
She stood up, shook herself, and went forward, neither of the men having moved.
"I am ready," she said quietly.”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
"Yes, dearest," he said. "They have come."
"It is as it should be," she murmured. "Angel, I am almost glad—yes, glad! This happiness could not have lasted. It was too much. I have had enough; and now I shall not live for you to despise me!"
She stood up, shook herself, and went forward, neither of the men having moved.
"I am ready," she said quietly.”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“Let truth be told - women do as a rule live through such humiliations, and regain their spirits, and again look about them with an interested eye. While there's life there's hope is a connviction not so entirely unknown to the "betrayed" as some amiable theorists would have us believe.”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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