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> [“What an austere landscape! Borluut was alone, with nothing but the sky and water. No footsteps, apart from his own, marked the immense expanse, the white desert which this ancient outer harbour of Bruges now was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/what-an-austere-landscape-borluut-was-alone-with-nothing-but-the-sky/)

[Georges Rodenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-rodenbach/)

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> [“Loretta folded her arms. She felt like a heroine in a movie, confronted by a jealous husband in a kitchen while outside the camera is aching to draw back and show a wonderland of adventures waiting for her—long, frantic rides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/loretta-folded-her-arms-she-felt-like-a-heroine-in-a-movie-confronted/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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