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“In no one is evil so attractive. No one promises so much happiness in the look. No one knows better how to use his advantages. And no one can be so genuinely unhappy as you, because no one tries so hard to persuade himself that he isn’t.”

“The girls in Moscow have gone academic. Good for them! The men are such boors anyway that flirting with them must be more than any intelligent woman can stand.”

“I confess I was upset that no woman had ever loved me like that.”