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“The real sin ma'am, in my mind lies in thinking of ever wedding with a man you don't love honest and true.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“Love is an utterly bygone, sorry, worn-out, miserable thing with me- for him or anyone else.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“Kiss my foot, sir; my face is for mouths of consequence.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“I’ve been rereading your story. I think it’s about me in a way that might not be flattering, but that’s okay. We dream and dream of being seen as we really are and then finally someone looks at us and sees us truly and we fail to measure up. Anyway: story received, story included. You looked at me long enough to see something mysterioso under all the gruff and bluster. Thanks. Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them.”
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“You are a man. You are an average, lazy, boring, cowardly, woman-fearing man. Without me, that's what you would have kept on being, ad nauseam. But I made you into something. You were the best man you've ever been with me. And you know it. The only time in your life you've ever liked yourself was pretending to be someone I might like.”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
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