Status Updates From The House of Mirth

¿Por qué una chica tenía que pagar tan cara la menor desviación de la rutina? ¿Por qué no se podía obrar con naturalidad sin tener que ocultarse tras una estructura de disimulo?

OOF <\3

“He noticed too that there was a pot of pansies on one of the window sills, and at once concluded that the window must be hers: it was inevitable that he should connect her with the one touch of beauty in the dingy scene.”

This is so SAD

"There is some one I must say goodbye to. Oh, not you-we are sure to see each other again-but the Lily Bart you knew. I have kept her with me all this time, but now we are going to part, and I have brought her back to you-I am going to leave her here. When I go out presently she will not go with me. I shall like to think that she has stayed with you-and she'll be no trouble, she’ll take up no room."

Tears!!

"I am glad to have you tell me that; but nothing I have said has really made the difference. The difference is in yourself-it will always be there. And since it is there, it can't really matter to you what people think: you are so sure that your friends will always understand you."

Oh <3 he still thinks so highly of her

I’m not sure I understand what blackmail she has and could use to force her way back into society…

“She made the statement clearly, deliberately, with pauses between the sentences, so that each should have time to sink deeply into her hearer's mind. She had a passionate desire that some one should know the truth about this transaction…”