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"Her future, she thought, was likely to be worse than her past, for after her years of contented renunciation, she had slipped back into desire and longing; she found joyless days of distasteful occupation harder and harder; she found the image of the intense and varied life she yearned for, and despaired of, becoming more and more importunate."
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"The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance."
Ignorance
"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."
Character
"The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions."
Happiness
"It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient."
Behavior
"A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards."
Relationship
"Fate has carried me'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breastTo pierce another."
Power
"Consequences are unpitying."
Consequence
"More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us."
Wisdom
"Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle."
Behavior
"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."
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"Hatred may keep a body warm, but it takes a lot to keep the fire stoked, so unless a person is extraordinary in some way, some people are not worth hating, just like they're not worth loving."
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Personal Development
"Oh, I don't wonder babies always cry when they wake up in the night. So often I want to do it too."
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Personal Development
"Don't you get it? You can't tell me what to feel."
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Personal Development
"Though I knew how this failure would hurt you, I had to fold like a grey moth and let go.You could not believe I was more than your echo."
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Personal Development
"Ilse was suffering so keenly that she wanted to arraign the universe at the bar of her pain."
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Personal Development
"Her future, she thought, was likely to be worse than her past, for after her years of contented renunciation, she had slipped back into desire and longing; she found joyless days of distasteful occupation harder and harder; she found the image of the intense and varied life she yearned for, and despaired of, becoming more and more importunate."
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Personal Development
"I suppose all this sounds very crazy - all these terrible emotions always do sound foolish when we put them into our inadequate words. They are not meant to be spoken - only felt and endured."
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Personal Development
"Pain was a torn piece of paper."
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Personal Development
"The lonely people have taught me, that I am not alone."
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Personal Development
"I was tired of her getting away with being so young."
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Personal Development
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