“ He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. And she trusted him despite herself, as women in love always do. ”
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“ I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything but think about him. At night I dream of him, all day I wait to see him, and when I do see him my heart turns over and I think I will faint with desire. ”
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“ I would know you anywhere for my true love. Whoever I was and whoever you were, I would know you at once for my true love. ”
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“ Do you not think that God will protect us?” “No,” he said flatly. “My experience is that He rarely attends to the obvious. ”
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“ The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart. ”
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“ I would know you anywhere for my true love. Whoever I was and whoever you were, I would know you at once for my true love. ”
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“ When they see us dance. When they see how you look at me. When they see how I smile at you. ”
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“ We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs to veil herself in darkness. ”
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“ He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne. ”
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“ Stars in the night,' he said. 'Something something something something, some delight ”
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“ Poor little girl. Poor little girl," Nan says, and at first I think she is speaking of the baby, perhaps it is a girl after all. But then I realize she is speaking of me, a girl of thirteen years, whose own mother has said that they can let her die as long as a son and heir is born. ”
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“ This is what I feared would come; this is what I have dreaded. It is not very bright and honorable as you have always thought it; it is not like a ballad. It is a muddle and a mess, and a sinful waste, and good men have died and more will follow. ”
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“ The baby should always be saved in preference to the mother. That is the advice of the Holy Church, you know that. I was only reminding women of their duty. There is no need to make everything so personal, Margaret. You make everything into your own tragedy. ”
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