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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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Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal.

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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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I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do.

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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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Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what...more

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They had from an early hour made up their mind that society was, luckily, unintelligent, and the margin allowed them by this had fairly become one of ...more

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It comes over me that I had then a strange alter ego deep down somewhere inside me, as the full-blown flower is in the small tight bud, and I just too...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'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