“Movement, after all, seemed futile to him. He felt that imagination could easily be substituted for the vulgar realities of things. It was possible, in his opinion, to gratify the most extravagant, absurd desires by a subtle subterfuge, by a slight modification of the object of one's wishes.”
― Against Nature
― Against Nature
“Il me semble que je serais toujours bien là où je ne suis pas, et cette question de déménagement en est une que je discute sans cesse avec mon âme.”
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“the voice was unexpectedly attractive...common in descriptions, rare in experince.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“a day which had a summer face and a winter constitution”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
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