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“The habits of years are not unlearned so quickly,
“Do not make the mistake of believing that he does not love you because he plays at not caring, Cecily. Confront him if you must and demand the truth, but do not make the mistake of turning away because you believe that he is a lost cause. Do not cast him from your heart. For if you do, you will regret it.”
“I see you now.
“And I see you,
The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.
“I have come to understand something about novels,” Tessa said. “And what is that?” “That they are not true.
the past year were offered me again, And choice of good and ill before me set Would I accept the pleasure with the pain Or dare to wish that we had never met? —Augusta, Lady Gregory, “If the Past Year Were Offered Me Again
You call it hope—that fire of fire! It is but agony of desire. —Edgar Allan Poe, “
In all the world, you are what I love the most.
You understand my music.
“Every heart has its own melody,” he said. “You know mine.
Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us. And there is a beauty that brevity alone provides.
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. —Sarah Williams, “The Old Astronomer
No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily. If you say you need me, I will stay as long as I can for you. I will live for you and yours, and go down fighting death until I am worn away to bone and splinters. But it would not be my choice.”
“And see not ye that broad, broad road That lies across the lily leven? That is the path of wickedness, Tho some call it the road to Heaven.
Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. —Shakespeare, Macbeth
“When I am in the darkness, I want to think of it in the light, with you,
