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“For years she had been caught in the wheels of the machine. Had she not shed her own blood in it?”

“Yes, it was the necessary sacrifice; every revolution demanded its victims, for it was only possible to advance over the bodies of the dead.”

“But she did not want anything, she had no schemes, all she wanted was to be allowed to live in peace, with her sorrows and her joys, like everyone else. She would leave.” Me

“Was it humane or right, this appalling consumption of human flesh every year by the big shops?”

“You know I belong to you… do what you like with me.” MEOOWWWWWWWW

“It was an instinctive desire for happiness that made her persist in refusing, to satisfy her need for a peaceful life, and not to conform to any idea of virtue.”

“Tell me! Must I get down on my knees to move your heart?” Um yes actually yes!

“What was the point of wanting something or not wanting it, since things never turned out as one desired?”

“What was the point of working so hard, since money could not buy everything?”

“Don’t laugh, old man, the moments when you seem to die of suffering are the briefest of all!”

“You’ll lose something more than your money in that game. You’ll lose part of yourself, my friend.”

“No, thank you, I’d be bored doing nothing… I was earning my own living before I was ten years old.” GET HIM DENISE! GET HIM!!!!!

“Listen, I love you… you’ve known it for a Lo g time; don’t play the cruel game with me of pretending not to know.” MEOWWWWWWWWWWAWAWWWW and then Denise rejecting him like two seconds later 😂 it’s giving jane eyre Mr Rochester dupe

Denise!!!!!! My poor Denise!!!!!

“They were all nothing but cogs, caught up in the workings of the machine, surrendering their personalities, merely adding their strength to the mighty common whole of the phalanstery. It was only outside that they could resume their individual lives, with the sudden flame of reawakening passions.”

“Was love really as stupid as this?” Yes LOL oh Denise..