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““...She (her mother) noticed that I was prettier than I was at home. Thus do girls change color in the warmth of masculine desire, whether they are fifteen or thirty.””

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“There is no doubt that, if ever my heart were to call my master Chance by another name, I should make an excellent Catholic.”

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“The seventeenth of March. In other words, spring. Desmond, people who think themselves smart, I mean those in the height of fashion, women or…

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“My true friends always gave me this supreme proof of attachment: a spontaneous aversion to the men I loved.”

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“It can't drag on this way much longer," she said to herself. "One evening he'll whistle under my window, I'll go down by a…

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“But when he said in his heart of hearts "Vinca!", the name inseparably linked with his friend, evoked the memory of sand, warm to…

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“Your blush confirms my suspicions. See, I am learning how to use your methods to perform interrogations.”

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“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.”

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