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“Himmlisch ist's wenn ich bezwungen Meine irdische Begier; Aber doch wenn's nich gelungen Hatt' ich auch recht huebsch Plaisir!
Loosely translated:
It is heavenly, when I overcome
My earthly desires
But nevertheless, when I'm not successful,
It can also be quite pleasurable.”
― Anna Karenina
Loosely translated:
It is heavenly, when I overcome
My earthly desires
But nevertheless, when I'm not successful,
It can also be quite pleasurable.”
― Anna Karenina
“manners must be very marked indeed before they cease to be interpreted by preconceptions either confident or distrustful”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“And maybe if I showed that I wasn’t giving up, other people would take heart and keep fighting, too.”
― What Happened
― What Happened
“Are you a young lady?" "I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated.”
― Shirley
― Shirley
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