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"There was no romance about the mosquitos, however."
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"The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own."
"The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime."
"If I call him back here," Cooper whispered in her ear, "will you crawl up my body again?"
"For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts."
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"Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share."
"Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth."
"Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that of white men, and he recovers easily from wounds that would kill any European outright."
"If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing."
"Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm."
"The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April, May, and June of 1856, for the most part on horseback."
"Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not."
"The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level."
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