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She was thoroughly charming to him, but of course he theorized a little about his attachment. He was made of excellent human dough, and had the rare merit of knowing that his talents, even if let loose, would not set the smallest stream in the country on fire: hence he liked the prospect of a wife to whom he could say, ‘What shall we do?’ about
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“Love” was such a poor word to describe the tempestuous, tortured, raging, ecstatic tsunami of emotions that threatened to undo him.
Abraham Verghese • The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
lack of consideration for other people’s
Virginia Woolf • To the Lighthouse
He was a nervous man, easily depressed; fond of every body that he was used to, and hating to part with them; hating change of every kind.
Jane Austen • Emma
I had this advantage, at least, in my mode of life, over those who were obliged to look abroad for amusement, to society and the theatre, that my life itself was become my amusement and never ceased to be novel.