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‘Excellence in Obedience. Obediently Excellent. Obey to Excel.’ ”
It was all this nonsense about falling in love that was making catching a husband unseemly. Of course one must fall in love, but let it initially be the man who falls and then, once his ring is on your finger, you too may allow yourself to fall in love—though within reason, Mrs. Binat always cautioned, for the best marriages were ones where the husband loved the wife more. She
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“I’ll never be lonely,”—Alys gave a satisfied sigh— “because I’ll always have books.”
“But the future is built on a past, good and bad. It’s troubling when someone takes a book and makes a shoddy film out of it and then comes the day when no one has read the book and everyone thinks the shoddy film is the original.” “Come now.” Wickaam winked. “You have to admit that films are better than books.” “Never!”
It was a truth universally acknowledged, Alys suddenly thought with a smile, that people enter our lives in order to recommend reads.
It was a truth universally acknowledged, Alys suddenly thought with a smile, that people enter our lives in order to recommend reads.
They say blood is thicker than water. I say to hell with that. If blood mistreats you, better water. And if friends prove false, no matter, find better or be alone and be your own best friend.”
