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“Why should our pride make such a stir to be/ And be forgot? What good is like to this,/ To do worthy the writing, and to write/ Worthy the reading and the world’s delight”

“But he would never lose sight of her; he would watch over her – if he gave up everything else in life he would watch over her, and she should know that she had one slave in the world.”

When you turn up to the yearning competition and Will Ladislaw is your opponent, you’re done. Lol

“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, “Oh, nothing!” Pride helps us; pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts – not to hurt others.”