54 Quotes About The-wings-of-the-dove
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There were immensities between you.
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He knew soon enough that it was of himself he was afraid, and that even, if he didn't take care, he should infallibly be more so.
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Don't you know?""How should I, my dear—in the absence of everything?
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Because she has seen for herself. I've told her nothing. She's a person who does see.
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The days, whether lapsing or lingering, were a stiff reality; the suppression of anxiety was a thin idea; the taste of life itself was the taste of suspense.
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We've played our dreadful game, and we've lost. We owe it to ourselves, we owe it to our feeling for ourselves and for each other, not to wait another day.
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We shall be so right . . . that we shall be strong; we shall only wonder at our past fear. It will seem an ugly madness. It will seem a bad dream.
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That's the least part of it—after it nothing will matter.
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He saw her try, for a time, to appear to consider it; but he saw her also not consider it.
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