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It had always seemed to Emily, ever since she could remember, that she was very, very near to a world of wonderful beauty.


“I have no family. Isn’t that why you chose me? Because I had no one to protect me? No one to care if I died in mysterious circumstances?”
― John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow
― John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow

“Many people lack the basic equipment to be in a relationship and there’s nothing you can do to change it.”
― Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
― Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

“You’ve been crying, Aunt Edith,” said a troubled Timothy. He got up out of his chair and hugged her. “Just you wait till I grow up and when I’m a man nothing’ll ever make you cry.”
― The Blythes Are Quoted
― The Blythes Are Quoted

“Love . . . I put so much faith in it. Truth . . . I kept believing it falls always from the lips of the one you love and trust the most. Faith . . . it’s all bound up to love and trust. Where does one end and the other start, and how do you tell when love is the blindest of all? More”
― Flowers in the Attic
― Flowers in the Attic

“Anne always said that Esme Dalley had an iron will under all her sweetness and the doctor had a great deal of respect for the intuition of his wife.”
― The Blythes Are Quoted
― The Blythes Are Quoted
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