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You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to...more

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It was something, what must go through men's mind where women were concerned, to cause them to behave so strangely.

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He liked to get off by himself, a mile or so from camp, and listen to the country, not the men.

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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 years would pass like weeks, and loves would pass too, or else grow sour.

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It doesn't do to sacrifice for people unless they want you to.

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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.

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She sighed. Men were a pain.