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"The greater the sinner, the great the saint; it was not necessary to dive far into Christian history to discover that."

Compathy for Tess is hitting way too hard, this vicarious heartbreak honestly stings. She carries this untouched innocence, yet right when joy is finally within reach, but fate is about to cruelly snatch it away any second, leaving nothing but tragedy in its place. Watching that unfold is just devastatingly sad

From page 301:
“…and she went her way without knowing that the greatest misfortune of her life was this feminine loss of courage at the last and critical moment through her estimating her father-in-law by his sons.”