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Je fais mon lit et mon ménage; I seek my dinner in a restaurant; my supper takes care, of itself; I pass days laborious and loveless; nights long and ...more

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As far as my experience of matrimony goes -- I think it tends to draw you out of, and away from yourself.

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But as his wife - at his side always, and always restrained, and always checked - forced to keep the fire of my nature continually low, to compel it t...more

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I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest -- blest beyond what language can express bec...more

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I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot aff...more

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Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.

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[O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine.

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his wife might, I verily believe, be the very happiest woman the sun shines on

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What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme - courtship; and promise to end in the same cat...more

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You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own.

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Human beings must love something, and, in the dearth of worthier objectsof affection, I contrived to find a pleasure in loving and cherishing afaded g...more

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You are no ruin sir--no lighting-struck tree: you are green and vigorous. Plants will grow about your roots, whether you ask them or not, because they...more

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And your will shall decide your destiny," he said: "I offer you my hand, my heart, and a share of all my possessions." You play a farce, which I merel...more

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So you shun me? - you shut yourself up and grieve alone! I would rather you had come and upbraided me with vehemence. You are passionate: I expected a...more

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I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much.