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"Perhaps twenty minutes later he realized she had gone to sleep. He quietly removed his now stiff arm, then turned away. It must have woken her a little After a moment he felt her turn as well and lay a hand, instinctively, like a sleeping wife, across his hips; as if, in some dream, he was the one who escaped."
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"Eternity is a long time, but only a day when you are in love."

"The strongest bond in the universe is when two souls unite to become one."

"Love is the only criminal who, after stealing your heart, convinces you to celebrate her."

"Love only knocks on your heart's door when certain it has the right address."

"Love rewards you more in a moment than pleasure could in a lifetime."

"Benedick: I protest I love thee.Beatrice: Why, then, God forgive me!Benedick: What offence, sweet Beatrice?Beatrice: You have stayed me in a happy hour: I was about toprotest I loved you.Benedick: And do it with all thy heart.Beatrice: I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest."

"If you sweep a woman off of her feet, make sure your character is strong enough to keep her in the air."

"I miss you", is how she entices you. "I want you", is how she charms you. "I need you", is how she entraps you. "I love you", is how she imprisons you."
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"That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects."


"Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them."


"I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me."


"There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be."


"Perhaps twenty minutes later he realized she had gone to sleep. He quietly removed his now stiff arm, then turned away. It must have woken her a little After a moment he felt her turn as well and lay a hand, instinctively, like a sleeping wife, across his hips; as if, in some dream, he was the one who escaped."


"It's despair at the lack of feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It's despair that anyone can even contemplate the idea of dropping a bomb or ordering that it should be dropped. It's despair that so few of us care. It's despair that there's so much brutality and callousness in the world. It's despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they've won a lot of money. And then do what you've done to me."


"These question-boundaries ...are ours, not of reality. We are led to them, caged by them not only culturally and intellectually, but quite physically, by the restlessness of our eyes and their limited field and acuity of vision."
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