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“That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit of that - but that they insist every word and deed mirror that ice. They never learn the beauty or value of gesture. The emotional necessity. For them, it is all honesty before kindness, truth before art. Love is art, not truth. It's like painting scenery.”
― Self-Help
― Self-Help
“She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“It is these empty spaces you have to watch out for, as they flood up with feeling before you even realize what's happened.”
― Willful Creatures
― Willful Creatures
“Light is good company, when alone; I took my comfort where I found it, and the warmest yellow bulb in the living-room lamp had become a kind of radiant babysitter all its own.”
― The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
― The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
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