“My turn came next. Marie threw me a kiss. I looked back as I walked away. She hadn’t moved; her face was still pressed to the rails, her lips still parted in that tense, twisted smile.” Stranger
An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged: no harm can be done. Mansfield Park
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young. The Picture of Dorian Gray
The feeling of self-assurance derived from physical achievement always transfers itself to the mental sphere. Beware of Pity
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