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She was a coquette; he was sure she had a spirit of her own; but in her bright, sweet, superficial little visage there was no mockery, no irony. Befor...more

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It’s very true; there are many more iron pots certainly than porcelain. But you may depend on it that every one bears some mark; even the hardest iron...more

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You were reserved for my future

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The young girl inspected her flounces and smoothed her ribbons again; and Winterbourne presently risked an observation upon the beauty of the view. He...more

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You will think you take generous views of her; but you will never begin to know through what a strange sea of feeling she passed before she accepted y...more

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I never really have believed in the existence of friendship in big societies - in great towns and great crowds. It's a plant that takes time and space...more

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It has made me better loving you... it has made me wiser, and easier, and brighter. I used to want a great many things before, and to be angry that I ...more

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Still, who could say what men ever were looking for? They looked for what they found; they knew what pleased them only when they saw it.

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I don't need the aid of a clever man to teach me how to live. I can find it out for myself.

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I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I a...more