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At times he felt that he had almost rather not be in love with her, for it brought him no peace. What was the use of it, if it was only going to be pa...more

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Once started, love couldn't easily be stopped.

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The eastern sky was red as coals in a forge, lighting up the flats along the river. Dew had wet the million needles of the chaparral, and when the rim...more

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It seemed to him there was never much time with women. Before you could look at one twice, you were into an argument, and they were telling you what w...more

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Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had missed, in some ways.