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" 'No!' he cried in protest, a deep wrenched sound which told her how moved he was and she was glad, glad because now he would suffer as she had suffered and would suffer in the future. Gideon had fought against the clutch of love, but now its claws were sunk deep into his flesh and the sight made her shiver with pleasure." !

'he polish and brilliant technique were still there, but there was a new feeling in the playing. It was a change reflected in his body. When he took his applause he was obviously thinner. He had never been less than fit, but now his bones showed through the brown skin, the harshness of them taut.' hero decline!! Idk why I love it when heroes physically ~suffer for love~ or what tht says about me (lol) but it's great

'Her mission in life engrossed her to the fullest. She was an information service. She gathered it and she passed it on, often, Grandie said, much embellished. Mrs Robinson was an artist. She was not content with life as it was—she improved upon it.' Charlotte Lamb was such a great writer -- not always in terms of content, but just her prose itself